A VISIT to the Chek Lap Kok airport site on Lantau island shows that work on the $10.1-billion passenger terminal is progressing fast.
The contract for the passenger terminal, with a gross floor area of 490,000 square metres, was awarded in January by the Provisional Airport Authority (PAA).
The PAA has also awarded a contract worth $1.88 billion for the passenger terminal building services.
Other contracts underway include work on the $2.61-billion essential airfield infrastructure and other government facilities.
Construction work on the Tung Chung New Town phase one was 53 per cent complete by the end of September. The flats, when completed, will be for rental.
Work on the West Kowloon Reclamation of 334 hectares of land is 86 per cent complete. Road works have started in the southern part.
The Central Reclamation phase one is 73 per cent complete.
