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Mr Barma said to complement road network, new railway systems would play a very important role in future infrastructural plans.
He cited the Western Corridor project, the Tseung Kwan O MTR system and the Ma On Shan and Tai Wai rail link as examples.
"These BOT and railway projects offer plenty of scope for private sector involvement and they offer abundant opportunity for your expertise in tunnel management, operation and maintenance," he said.
As a specific example, said Mr Barma, the Government had decided to contract out the management, operation and maintenance of the Tsing Ma Control Area.
It will cover some 16.5 kilometre of roads, bridges and viaducts and a tunnel of the expressways leading to the new airport.
"We are now awaiting bids from four pre-qualified tenderers. These should be in shortly," he said.
"In parallel, we are also drafting the necessary legislation which will need to be enacted in time to enable the contract to be signed by the end of this year.
"The whole operation should be up and running by the middle of 1997, providing unified traffic control over a vital and strategic link," Mr Barma added.
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CS officiates at Dragon Boat Festival in Boston
The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, today (Sunday, June 2, Massachusetts time) officiated at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Boston.
With spectators lining the banks of the picturesque Charles River by Harvard University, some 30 teams from the Greater Boston area, in authentic 39-foot Hong Kong dragon boats, took part in the race during a perfect sunny Sunday afternoon.
The winning team will compete in the national championship races in New York in August and the champion will be flown to Hong Kong to participate in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival International Races in June, 1997.
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