TNAG-2409-FCO40-3503-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1992 — Page 69

07-MAY-1992 18:28

BRITISH TRADE COMM

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"The

assessment

Government

has

the applied

procedures

to

tenderers

for

this

each

critically

of the four international

same rigorous

important Airport

Core

Programme contract.

"There has been a

fair

assessment

has which

proposals,

their

stringent and scrupulously

included the

the tenderers' prices and experience in suspension bridge

construction, and their ability to complete the contract on time to the standards we require," said Mr Yeung.

both road and rail The Tsing Ma

cazzy Bridge will traffic and will be one of the world's longest suspension bridges, with a central span of 1,377m. It is the first and biggest of five major contracts to be let for the Lantau Fixed Crossing, which is a crucial section of the road and rail links to the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.

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Work must start under the terms of the contract within four weeks, and it is scheduled for completion and commissioning within five years.

"The Central

Tender Board

Board is

satisfied which submitted the

that the

second

Anglo-Japanese consortium,

lowest tender last December, is the best placed of the four contestants to undertake the Tsing Ma contract," said Mr

Yeung.

、

"It will bring to Hong Kong the international construction expertise needed at the most cost-effective price and with the greatest assurance of project completion on time.

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