Ting Kau Bridge

'Bridge doctor' keeps city's structural marvels in shape

8 Jul 2012

The Tsing Ma Bridge, with its long span, lofty towers and imposing cables, may look like an unshakeable engineering marvel standing proudly in Hong Kong.

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In Brief

24 Jul 2008

Diner pours hot tea on police

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Bridge at the cutting edge

20 Oct 2007

Hong Kong will cement its place in the construction annals when the HK$2.7 billion Stonecutters Bridge is completed in mid-2009. The structure, on a route linking Sha Tin and Tsing Yi, will be...

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New minister vows quicker action on transport projects

10 Jul 2007

The transport minister pledged yesterday to speed up the sluggish pace of progress on projects, which has come in for criticism over the past decade.

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Tuen Mun ferry service to cease

4 Jul 2000

Ferry services between Central and Tuen Mun and a service between Central and Tai O via Tuen Mun and Sha Lo Wan will cease operation from July 17.

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Speed check in dangerous spot

22 Jan 2000

I am writing to complain about the New Territories South traffic police. On January 13 at 10.30pm, they set up a laser speed check at the merging lane of Ting Kau Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge, in...

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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3 die as car shoots like cannon ball off bridge

Two men and a 16-year-old girl died yesterday when the car they were travelling in flew 'like a cannon ball' off Tsing Ma Bridge.

The Toyota Starlet mounted a crash barrier and shot...

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Probe launched to stop more highway mistakes

Engineers who have launched a six-month probe into the cause of road-surfacing problems on three new highways aim to prevent similar mistakes occurring on future expressways.

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Weather takes toll on bridge

Cracks in the Ting Kau Bridge's surface are believed to have been caused by unusual weather over the past few months, a Highways Department official said yesterday.

Extensive use by...

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Bridge plunge

A Filipino worker, 41, plunged 150 metres to his death when he fell from a work basket on the Ting Kau Bridge. An hour later, a cleaner at a building site at the junction of Tin Ping and Fung Nam...

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Special attention paid to 'pioneering' surface

When motorists drive over the Ting Kau Bridge after its official opening, their attention is likely to be on the soaring 200- metre-high central tower which is set to become another landmark.

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New design passes series of tough tests

The Ting Kau Bridge, which was officially opened last night, will form a vital link to Hong Kong's second north/south route and also provide New Territories' commuters with an easily accessible...

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