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Project

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Major Transport Projects

a)

Western Corridor Railway from the

border to the container port,

Estimated Capital Cost

The port rail line will cost $8 billion.

including a spur line to the

container port (port rail line)

b)

Route 3 (Country Park Section)

c)

Ting Kau Bridge

d)

Route 16 (Sha Tin to

e)

f)

Cheung Sha Wan)

Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge

Improvements to Lok Ma Chau border crossing

$7 billion (to be financed entirely by a private sector consortium)

$2 billion

$2.7 billion (probably to be built by a private sector consortium)

$1.034 billion

$200 million

g)

New Road from Man Kam To Crossing to NT Circular Road

$2.4 million

End/Wednesday, March 22, 1995