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of those projects,

including

those to be financed by the

private sector, was then estimated at some $127 billion at 1989 prices over the period up to 2006. The Government had now refined a list of those projects which are required to meet the primary

airport open in

aim of having the first runway of the new 1997. These are the airport itself, the

bridges,

reclamation.

the

transportation

links

and

associated

estimated order of costs of

these

key airport

projects is as follows :

FLUJECT

Order of cost

($ million at 1990 prices

in peld to 1997)

BEN KOW

xon Reclamation

Western Kowloon Expressway

Western Harbour Crossing

Route 3 (section linking Tsing Yi, Kwai)

Chung and West Kowloon)

9,500

2,500

4,000

5,000

Chek Lap Kok Airport

38,000

North Lantau Expressway

5,000

(including rail reserve)

Tung Chung development phase I

3,000

Crossing between Lantau and Tsing Yi

- two bridges

7,000

- rail portion of bridges & route 3

interchange

3,000

Utilities & Other Miscellaneous

2,000

(These Costs are approximate, as most of the projects are currently at the preliminary design stage. Also the figures do not include allowance for contingencies. The Airport Railway has also been excluded. A study of the railway is currently in hand, which will review the scope and target Commissioning uate or the project.)

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