TNAG-0936-FCO40-1155-Visit-of-Norman-Fowler--Minister-of-Transport--to-Hong-Kong--1980 — Page 105

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

CONS PROBATION SPACE

Construction period

Tender and Contract Programme

No. of major contracts

Construction methods

OPERATIONAL STAGE

Operating Staff

MODIFIED INTIAL SYSTEM

November 1975 to December 1979

All contracts awarded

25 civil engineering

11 electrical and mechanical

engineering

Basically four:

(1) Immersed Tube - by sinking and

joining together 14 pre-fabricated tunnel segments.

(2) Underground stations by cut-and-

Cover

(3) Tunnels

mainly bored tunnelling.

(including tunnelling under

compressed air), small sections

by cut-and-cover

(4) Overhead stations and running line

similar to flyover construction

J

About $100 workers employed by contrectors during peak construction period. This will be about 12% of total construction work force in Hong Kong.

1,000

.:

"TOUEN WAN PYENSION

Late 1978 to end of 1982

Major contracts avarded

10 civil engineering

21 electrical and mechanical engineering

Basically same as MIS, except that there is no Immersed Tube

For combined railway 1,800

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