TNAG-0639-FCO40-787-Construction-of-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-(Mas-1978 — Page 19

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FOLLOWING OUR MARKET POINTER ON MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION SENT TO YOU 21 JULY (FOR WHICH WE HAVE NO EIS CARD AND THEREFORE CANNOT QUOTE REFERENCE), PLEASE PUBLISH FOLLOWING AS FURTHER NOTICE:

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION - PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED THE EXTENSION CF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO TSUEN WAN. THE CORPORATION WILL INVITE TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS EXTENSION ON THE BASIS OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR THE CIVIL, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS.

THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WILL INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 7 KM OF UNDERGROUND LINE IN BORED TUNNELS, 5 KM OF AT GRADE CR ELEVATED LINE, 11 STATIONS, OF WHICH 7 WILL BE UNDERGROUND, AND A MAINTENANCE DEPOT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE CAPABLE OF PERMITTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ABOVE. THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS WILL INCLUDE EITHER 150 OR 220 PASSENGER CARS TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FOR SIGNALLING, COMMUNICATIONS, POWER SUPPLY, ESCALATORS, AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION, STATION COOLING, WORKSHOP FACILITIES ETC.

THE CIVIL WORKS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO APPROXIMATELY 11 CONTRACTS, TENDERS BEING BASED UPON DESIGNS PREPARED BY THE CORPORATION. THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS WILL BE DIVIDED INTC APPROXIMATELY 10 CONTRACTS. TENDERS FOR ALL WORKS WILL BE INVITED FROM SELECTED LISTS OF PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS AND THE CORPORATION, IN SELECTING TENDERS, WILL TAKE PARTICULAR COGNISANCE OF THE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE OF CONTRACTORS FOR EACH PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

TENDERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTS WILL BE INVITED

PROGRESSIVELY THROUGHCUT 1978, COMMENCING IN THE SECOND QUARTER. TENDERSFOR THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS WILL BE INVITED DURING 1978.

CONTRACTORS WHO WISH TO PREQUALIFY SHOULD REGISTER

THEIR INTEREST WITH THE CORPORATION NOW AND APPLY FOR A BROCHURE ENTITLED 'TSUEN WAN EXTENSION - PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE TENDERERS''. THIS BROCHURE WILL BE AVAILABLE MID- SEPTEMBER ON PAYMENT OF US DOLLARS 10 PER COPY ON APPLICATION TO:

THE ENGINEERING DIRECTOR

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MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION

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HONGKONG

THIS BROCHURE WILL GIVE FULL INSTRUCTIONS TO PROSPECTIVE TENDERERS ON THE DETAILS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION.

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