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Contract delay for Central air plan

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THE Government might extend the validity of present bids for the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation contract from July to October after negotiators on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group's (JLG) Airport Committee failed to reach agreement on the project yesterday.

A contractor bidding for the project said yesterday that the Government had already sought their consent to extend the validity of the contract to three dates in August, September and October.

His consortium had agreed to extend the date from July 5 to either of these new dates and was waiting for a response from the Government.

He said work on Phase I of the project would be hastened to make up for lost time. Phase I will house the airport railway's Central terminus.

A government spokesman said a decision on any extension of dates would be made soon.

The British team leader, Anthony Galsworthy, said three hours of talks had failed to secure mainland backing for the reclamation.

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