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(b)

(c)

(a)

accurate alignment details;

details of buildings and foundations adjacent to stations and critical sections;

station layouts;

(e) information on environmental conditions;

(f) details of the locations of utility services; and

(g) performance specifications as regards E & M supplies.

Proposed Sequence of Events

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The consortium have suggested a phased programme which

envisages that:

(a) they would in due course receive a Letter of Intent

signifying the client's intention to negotiate a contract with them;

(b)

(c)

(a)

the information required by the consortium (see paragraph 16 above) would be issued to them progressively as it is ready;

the consortium would produce detailed designs for a part of the system (Kowloon Bay Depot North to Diamond Hill) and, within five months, negotiate a contract for that part as well as agree on the general layout and specifications for the remainder of Stages 1-4; and

within a further three months (i.e. eight months from the date of the Letter of Intent) negotiations on the full contract for Stages 1-4 would be completed.

Part II

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Explanatory Notes on the Cash Flow

Table in Part III

18

The cash-flow table in Part III of this Annex has been drawn up on the basis of the consortium's proposals and of certain assumptions made by the Mass Transit Steering Group.

19

The consortium's price estimates (see paragraph 6 above) have been adjusted as follows to bring them roughly in line with the coverage of the prices indicated by the other three consortia:

Original estimates provided by the consortium

Add costs of:

Air-conditioning at stations

HK mn

3,270

(including cooling water

supply and disposal)

47

Temporary decking of road

surfaces

27

Supply of aluminium (as opposed

to steel) rolling stock

22

Miscellaneous items

33

129

3,399

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