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WORK WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY, COVERING SITE INVESTIGATIONS AND THIS WORK HAD BEEN CONTRACTED OUT.
5. THEY FAVOURED THE WICK DRAINAGE METHOD FOR RECLAMATION BUT THE
TIME TABLE MAY NOT ALLOW THIS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO USE SIMILAR
METHODS TO THOSE USED BY SCOTT WILSON AT KAI TAK.
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SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTS WILL BE AWARDED, MOSTLY NEXT YEAR (1991), FOR RECLAMATION, DETAILED TERMINAL DESIGN, THE HEAVY RAIL CONNECTION AND FURTHER AHEAD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS.
7. LOK SAID HE WOULD BET HIS LAST DOLLAR THAT THE MAIN FIXED LINK WOULD BE A TUNNEL RATHER THAN A BRIDGE. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD COST MORE IT WOULD INVOLVE MANY FEWER RISKS IN CONSTRUCTION AND WOULD NOT BE PRONE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WOULD A BRIDGE. THE GRADIENTS AND THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE WERE PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE OVERCOME. HE
CONFESSED HOWEVER THAT THERE WERE DIFFERING VIEW ON THIS.
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HE SAID BAA WERE THE CLOSEST OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL BRITISH CONTESTANTS FOR THE MASTER PLAN CONSULTANCY. LOK THOUGH THEY MIGHT STILL HAVE A ROLE E.G. EITHER PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE TERMINAL, OR ACTING AS ADVISERS TO THE HKG ON THE TERMINAL, OR ALSO ADVISING ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED FOR SETTING UP AN AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
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