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BRITISH EMBASSY TOKYO
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Major Infrastructural, Building and Construction Projects Industrial and Other Investments in HK
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
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As recommended by the Port and Airport Development Strategy (PARS), the Government announced an ambitious programm works at a rough estimated capital cost of $127 billion meet port and airport traffic growth in HK up to ver
year 2011. These developments will include:
be
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(a) Container Terminals 8 and 9 to reclamation adjoining Stonecutters Island and on reclamation
south-east Tsing Yi
ctively.
(b) A modern airport at Chek Lap Kok of Lantau Island to replace existing Kai Tak Airport and to be opan, within
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(c) New industrin areas and airport support community be developed at Lantau; sites for deep waterfront industry will be developed At Tuan Mun and Junk Bay.
(a) New high capacity transport infrastructuxe to serve the developments including the North Lantau link from Tring Yi to Lantau Island; trunk road route 3, the strategic highway between Hong Kong and the border; cxess harbour tunnel Lil 14nk, etc.
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As envisaged in. the separate METROPLAN, the Government examine ways to improve the environment in the urban arans including reclamation projects in West Kowloon, Central, and hanchai to provide the necessary transport links to che Immense development opportunities will also be provided by the removal of the Kai Tak Airport.
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Over the next ten years, the government will spend at 1oast 520 billion, on a comprehensive programme
environmental ion.
(Governor's address to the Legco 89/10/
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Contract for management services for Phase I of the Airport Works Project was granted to US-based Bechtel contract to draw up the master plan or the new altport WAS awarded to a consortium comprising Greiner Inc. of USA and HK-based British engineering firm Maunsell Consultants Asia. (MK Standard 0071, FONT 20/0!
The government has identified Junk Bay as the site where the third industrial estate is to be developed, at estimat
Phano I of the product is expected
be (HK Economic Times 90/31
cost $1 billion completed by 1993.
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