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	New Hong Kong Tunnel Company Limited
		The Eastern Harbour Tunnel is a BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) franchise project which commenced in 1986 and lasts 30 years.
		In return, the investor - the NHKTC - is entitled, as stipulated by law (the Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance), to a "reasonable but not excessive remuneration" as remuneration for building and operating the tunnel for the franchise period.
		The Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance provides that the tolls may be varied by agreement between the Chief Executive in Council and the NHKTC, but in the absence of agreement, either party may make a submission to arbitration for a final decision.
	www.easternharbourtunnel.com.hk /nhktc/eng/e-news/e-backgrounder.htm (900 words)

	Sydney Harbour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Loftily flanking the mouth of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour's main body of water, are the rugged sandstone cliffs of North Head and South Head, providing spectacular viewing points across the calm water to the city 11km away, where the Harbour Bridge spans the sunken valley at its deepest point.
		However, harbour beaches are not as clean as ocean ones, and after storms are often closed to swimmers.
		The eastern shores are characterized by a certain glitziness and are the haunt of the nouveaux riches, while the leafy North Shore is very much old money.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/newsouthwales/syd_harbour.asp (792 words)

	Eastern Harbour Crossing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eastern Harbour Crossing (Traditional Chinese: 東區海底隧道), abbreviated as "EHC" (東隧) is a tunnel in Hong Kong.
		It is a combined road and MTR rail link under Victoria Harbour between Quarry Bay in Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling in Kowloon.
		The legislation governing the tunnel is known as Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Harbour_Crossing (441 words)

	Ozroads: Sydney Harbour Bridge & Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Plans for a harbour crossing were first mooted in 1815 by architect Francis Greenway, however due to the size of the project nothing came of this.
		Plans for a second harbour crossing of any form were mooted, with construction of a tunnel between the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney and the Cahill Expressway at Conservatorium Rd selected as the preferred option.
		A second harbour crossing was part of the Roads 2000 plan Sydney Orbital plan, but with its cost far outweighing the budget for a single year, the private sector provided the best means of funding the project.
	www.ozroads.com.au /NSW/Freeways/HarbourCrossings/ConstructionInfo.htm (3127 words)

	Norton Rose - projects- PPP/PFI experience - roads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Belfast Cross Harbour Road and Rail Link, Northern Ireland — Advising the Department of Environment for Northern Ireland, liaising with technical advisers and preparing a bespoke design and build construction contract based on the ICE standard “build” form and supporting documents for competitive tender, including provisions for government technical approval.
		Eastern Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong — Acting for the project company in the development, financing, construction and operation of the Eastern Harbour Crossing and continue to advise the project company on the application of The Eastern Harbour Crossing Ordinance.
		Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong — Advising the consortium company, which has the franchise pursuant to Hong Kong concession legislation, on the project and financing documentation in relation to this road and rail tunnel.
	www.nortonrose.com /deals/viewdeal.asp?dealid=926 (608 words)

	Eastern Harbour Crossing Tolls Rise - SkyscraperCity
		The Government announced today (March 11) that in respect of the arbitration on the toll increase of the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC), the arbitrators have determined that tolls for private cars and taxis of EHC be increased by $10 from $15 to $25 with corresponding increases for other vehicles.
		Eastern Harbor Crossing, which is 70.8 per cent owned by the mainland conglomerate Citic Pacific, announced earlier this month that it will increase the toll for private cars from HK$15 to HK$25 from May 1.
		The average daily vehicular volume of Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) between May 1 when the toll increase came into effect and this Monday is 53,000 vehicles/day, which is 26 percent less than the daily average of 72,100 vehicles/day in the month before the toll increase.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=190491 (6087 words)

	The Standard - Chaos seen when tunnel tolls rise - Metro Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The government is helpless to prevent a "social crisis'' expected to be triggered by a sharp rise in tunnel tolls, lawmakers warned.
		While surveyors also blasted the government for failing to act quickly, they say the traffic problems expected to follow the increase in toll charges for the Eastern Harbour Crossing should be countered by charging more for the busiest cross-harbor tunnel.
		Frustrated lawmakers are bracing for the worst when the 67 per cent rise in the Eastern Harbour Crossing's tolls, from HK$15 to HK$25, takes effect on May 1.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Metro/GD13Ak05.html (658 words)

	NEW ALEXANDRIA
		The city was founded in 332 BC by Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, who planned it as the finest port of the ancient world.
		Alexandria was captured and held from 1798 to 1801 by Napoleon I. The modern city is situated mainly on a peninsula about the mole, reaching to and including the island of Pharos, and on the portion of the mainland immediately south of the eastern harbour.
		Alexandria has had, since ancient times, two harbours, of which the western one is the chief commercial centre containing the customs house and many warehouses for cotton, grain, sugar, and wool.
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	Victoria Harbor Webcam in Hong Kong
		Victoria Harbour is the harbor between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China.
		There is no bridge crossing the harbor, but 3 cross-harbor tunnels: Cross Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972), Eastern Harbour Crossing (1989), and Western Harbour Crossing (1997).
		The night view of the Victoria Harbour with the skyscrapers in Central behind, viewed from Tsim Sha TsuiThe Victoria Harbour is famous around the world for its stunning panoramic night view.
	www.sunnyfortuna.com /fortunacam/showcams/china/harbor01.htm (368 words)

	Western Harbour Crossing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Harbour Crossing (abbreviation WHC; Traditional Chinese: 西區海底隧道) is a dual 3-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong.
		It is the third tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking the newly reclaimed land in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island.
		The Western Harbour Crossing is part of the Airport Core Programme which was a comprehensive set of infrastructure projects associated with the airport at Chek Lap Kok.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Harbour_Crossing (200 words)

	b_81302's Xanga Site
		There are 3 cross harhour tunnels in hong kong.one is western harhour crossing, the other one is eastern harbour crossing, the last one is cross harbour tunnel.the cross harbour tunnel is the busiest tunnel in hong kong with an average of 120,000 vehicles using it daily.
		that is the entrance of the cross harbour tunnel.
		Then,beside the cross harbour tunnel,that is the hong kong yacht club which is the hong kong' biggest yacht club.
	www.xanga.com /b_81302 (2641 words)

	TGOL - Great Eastern
		The Great Eastern continued to be haunted with bad luck, and she never carried a full complement of passengers.
		The Great Eastern continued to lose money, and she was considered too uneconomical by her owners, and eventually she was taken out of service.
		On her way back, the Great Eastern found and picked up the previous cable, and when she returned she had accomplished her mission and was still in possession of an excellent cable.
	www.greatoceanliners.net /greateastern.html (1337 words)

	Kwun Tong Line - travel.asianfanatics.net
		A year after on 12 December 1980 the first harbour crossing was made by an MTR train as the Kwun Tong Line was extended even further to Chater station, present-day Central station.
		The Hong Kong government decided to build a second harbour crossing in 1984, which would be known as the Eastern Harbour Crossing.
		When the Eastern Harbour Crossing was completed on 6 August 1989, the Kwun Tong Line was extended to Quarry Bay station, and on 1 October of the same year, Lam Tin station was opened.
	travel.asianfanatics.net /info/Kwun_Tong_Line (327 words)

	Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department - Press Releases
		To further explore greening in housing estates, Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) Phase 4 in Yau Tong is piloting to test out a vertical green panel system in form of modular prefabricated external cladding.
		EHC Phase 4, scheduled to be completed in mid 2009, consists of three 41-storey domestic blocks with 2 369 flats.
		Green roof is also proposed at EHC Phase 4 at all roof areas with minimum four hours direct sunlight per day including roofs of lift towers and ground floor canopy.
	www.housingauthority.gov.hk /en/aboutus/news/pressreleases/0,,2-0-16033,00.html (474 words)

	Published Papers - Paper 5
		South of the harbour is the Island of Hong Kong, which is an hilly island of about 75 sq km in size, with continual mountain ranges occupying most of the island, leaving only a narrow strip of the coastal areas being practically developable.
		Since the 50's, the eastern part of Hong Kong Island stretching from Causeway Bay to North Point, were settled with residents coming from middle-class families, or with new settlers migrated from Mainland China who had brought with them capitals after the 1949 revolution.
		Western Harbour Crossing - this is the third harbour crossing tunnel jointing the western part of Hong Kong Island with the west Kowloon.
	personal.cityu.edu.hk /~bswmwong/pp/ridpaper/ridright.html (7041 words)

	Eastern District Council
		The Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital was opened in October 1993 which is an acute general hospital providing a comprehensive range of services including 24-hour emergency service and community outreach services.
		The Hospital is one of the newest and largest public hospitals on Hong Kong Island, serving mainly the residents of Eastern District.
		The Fort, built in 1887 by the British army to defend the eastern approach to the Victoria Harbour, was the most sophisticated coastal fortification at that time.
	www.districtcouncils.gov.hk /east_d/english/dchighlights.htm (948 words)

	Midget Submarine attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942
		At 10:27 all vessels in the harbour were alerted of the submarines presence.
		It was later found disabled on the harbour floor with its motor still running.
		On 28 February 2005, Foxtel ran a Documentary called "M24: The Last Sunrise", in which documentary maker Damien Lay and historian Jim Macken revealed what they believe to be the location of the missing midget submarine which had fired the torpedo at HMAS Kuttabul killing 19 sailors.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/japsubs/midgetsubs.htm (1785 words)

	Database on Particular Policy Issues - Transport
		The Panel agreed that the Administration should be requested to speed up the related study and brief members in April 2003 on the findings of the study and various options to achieve traffic diversion among different road harbour crossings and tunnels, including whether it was possible to extending the franchises in exchange for lower tolls.
		The terms of the motion are "That this Panel expresses astonishment and strong dissatisfaction over the crazy toll increase of the Eastern Harbour Crossing, which was in total disregard of the affordability and wishes of the general public.
		The Notice amends the Schedule to the EHC Ordinance to vary the EHC Road Tunnel tolls pursuant to an arbitration award.
	www.legco.gov.hk /database/english/data_tp/tp-tunnel-tolls.htm (1557 words)

	The Standard - Government mulls buying back tunnels - Metro Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Buying back the Eastern and Western tunnels is one option being considered by the government in an attempt to solve the toll controversy and ease public irritation over sharply rising toll charges.
		Legally and politically the government is on sound footing because existing legislation allows it to buy back the Eastern and Western Harbour Crossings, in which the Hong Kong-listed mainland conglomerate CITIC Pacific is a substantial shareholder, at full price of the shares.
		It also predicts the number of cars using the Western Harbour Crossing, which was awarded a 30-year franchise in 1998, will increase by 21 per cent.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Metro/GC18Ak06.html (731 words)

	Transport Department - Traffic Notices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The northbound carriageway of Eastern Harbour Crossing approach road from a point about 400 metres north of its junction with the exit of Eastern Harbour Crossing northbound tunnel tube to a point about 900 meters north of the same junction ;
		The southbound carriageway of Eastern Harbour Crossing approach road from a point about 400 meters north of its junction with the entrance of Eastern Harbour Crossing southbound tunnel tube to a point about 840 meters north of the same junction ;
		The northbound carriageway of Eastern Harbour Crossing approach road from its junction with the exit of Eastern Harbour Crossing northbound tunnel tube to a point about 50 meters north of the same junction ; and
	www.td.gov.hk /traffic_notices/index_inmode_3_trafficid_3749.htm (166 words)

	Highways Department
		Construction of a 9 km extension further east to Chai Wan, known as the Island Eastern Corridor, which started in early 1981, was completed in October, 1989.
		The construction of the Eastern Harbour Crossing was completed in September 1989.
		The construction of the Western Harbour Crossing was completed in April 1997.
	www.hyd.gov.hk /eng/major/road/road/hk.htm (476 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide - Victoria Harbour, the world's most busy sea port
		Victoria Harbour is one of the biggest and most busy sea ports of the world and in Hong Kong it separates the two Peninsulas of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
		Although Victoria Harbour used to be the biggest harbour measured in containers handled per year, it has been loosing grounds to Shenzen as well as Singapore who have both outpaced it in recent years.
		Victoria Harbour cannot be crossed by any bridge but there are 3 different cross harbour tunnels that can beused.
	www.excelloz.com /Travel_guide/Hong_Kong_City/Victoria_Harbour_Hong_Kong.html (590 words)

	Cross-harbour tunnel traffic rebounds
		On the second working day after the Eastern Harbour Crossing's toll hike, there were 4,900 more cross-harbour vehicles than a day earlier, the Transport Department says.
		In general, traffic flow on both sides of the harbour remained smooth up to 3pm, with 7,800 fewer vehicles than normal using the three tunnels, a fall of 6%.
		The eastern tunnel saw a 22% fall, with about 8,900 less vehicles compared to a normal working day.
	www.news.gov.hk /en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/050504/html/050504en06001.htm (293 words)

	Cross Harbour Tunnel traffic up 4%
		From 6 to 9am on the third working day after the Eastern Harbour Crossing's toll hike, the number of vehicles using the Cross Harbour Tunnel was up 4%, with 600 more vehicles compared with a normal Thursday, the Transport Department says, adding traffic in general remains normal.
		On May 4, the number of vehicles using the Cross Harbour Tunnel fell 0.2%, with 300 fewer vehicles, while the Western Harbour Crossing traffic rose 6.7%, with 2,760 more vehicles.
		The Eastern Harbour Crossing recorded a 22% drop, with 16,570 fewer vehicles.
	www.news.gov.hk /en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/050505/html/050505en06002.htm (290 words)

	One bridge, two suitors: the cross-harbour pickle - National - smh.com.au
		So near, yet so far … a second harbour tunnel would cost 10 times as much as using bridge capacity to increase train services to the North Shore, but road authorities are jealously guarding their lanes.
		He said the new lines across the harbour could be built either by resuming the two eastern lanes of the Harbour Bridge or by building another tunnel.
		If the RTA demand for the maintenance of its lanes was to be observed, the consultants considered putting two new road lanes above the new rail lines on the eastern side of the bridge, or hanging two road lanes underneath the bridge deck, or building a second harbour tunnel for cars.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/One-bridge-two-suitors-the-crossharbour-pickle/2005/05/30/1117305563794.html (721 words)

	Traffic and the MTR - Clear The Air -- Hong Kong
		Now the Harbour is being destroyed in order to increase traffic, traffic jams and air pollution.
		Of the three harbour tunnels, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel provides the highest number of convenient connections, the Eastern Harbour Crossing the second-highest number of convenient connections, and the Western Harbour Crossing the fewest.
		More people choose to live and work on opposite sides of the harbour, and ultra-low-cost public transport encourages people to live at a greater distance from where they work, further increasing traffic volume.
	www.cleartheair.org.hk /traffic.htm (927 words)

	TD to monitor traffic on 1st working day after EHC toll increase
		The number of vehicles using the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) has decreased by about 39 per cent or 25,046 vehicles, compared to a normal Sunday in April 2005.
		On May 2, from midnight to 8 pm, the number of vehicles using the CHT has dropped by about 6 per cent, which was 5,859 vehicles and the WHC has risen by around 3 per cent which was 656 vehicles when compared with a normal public holiday.
		On the other hand, the number of vehicles using EHC has dropped by 25,664 which was around 47 per cent.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200505/02/05020202.htm (415 words)

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