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The exhibition of the design proposals submitted by the four tenderers for the Tamar Development Project will close on Sunday (May 27).
A spokesman for the Administration Wing said today (May 25) that the exhibition had so far attracted more than 30,000 visitors since its opening on March 28. More than 71,000 visitors have surfed the website (www.tamar.gov.hk), and more than 13,000 comment cards, collected at the exhibition venue or via the Internet, are being processed.
The independent consultant engaged by the Government to collate and analyse all the public views collected, the Public Policy Research Institute of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will compile a report on its findings for the consideration of the Special Selection Board.
"We are grateful to the tenderers and the public for making this public viewing exercise a success. It remains the Government's aim to complete the tender evaluation process and to award the contract for the Tamar Development Project as soon as practicable within the year," the spokesman said.
Ends/Friday, May 25, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:52
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