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Project on track after environmental concerns delay dredging

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Project managers are confident Hong Kong's HK$10 billion Container Terminal 9 (CT9) project is almost back on track to meet the launch deadline of May next year for its first of six berths.

Dredging for the long-awaited terminal complex had been delayed as environmental groups fought to stop the dumping of about 6.6 million cubic metres of toxic mud 42 kilometres south of Hong Kong, in mainland waters.

But, with that dispute behind them, the project's contractors, who have a 2004 deadline for the six berths at CT9, are close to being back on track.

'We don't expect any problems with the 2004 completion date. The intermediate dates may be more of an issue, but it's still too early to tell,' CT9 project manager David Holmes said.

'In the autumn we will be in a better position to see if our target dates will come in exactly on time.'

As for whether it would come in on budget, Mr Holmes would not speculate. The CT9 project team, which is acting on behalf of the site's co-developers, has never offered an estimate of the project's full cost.

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