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The Assistant to the Law Officers

XCC(73)10

The Deputy Economic Secretary (Member and

Secretary)

In addition, a number of other officers were regularly in attendance at meetings of the Steering Group, Representatives of the Consulting Engineers were also invited to attend as necessary to advise on various technical matters.

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follows:

The terms of reference of the Steering Group were as

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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

To consider and advise on the best means of financing, letting contracts for and operating a Mass Transit Railway for Hong Kong on the basis of the system proposed by the Consultants.

To consider, in particular, any proposals sub- mitted by outside bodies for financing and/or constructing and/or operating the system.

To receive progress reports from the consultants on the preparation of detailed designs and the drawing up of tender documents for the first two stages of the system, as well as on the further survey work and ground investigations being undertaken,

To supervise the drawing up of drafting instruc- tions for legislation required for the construction and operation of the Mass Transit Railway.

The Consulting Engineers were re-engaged on month to month terms from 1st July 1972 to carry out soils and other investi- gations, and to begin the preparation of designs and specifications for the first two stages of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR). Their work has since progressed at a satisfactory pace, and arrangements are now being finalised for large-scale international contracts to be let early in 1973 for bores, soil sampling and testing and trial tunnelling works.

Issue of "Invitation to Submit Proposals"

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Following the Financial secretary's public announcement

of 7th June 1972, the Steering Group received a large number of

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