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Cross-Harbour Tunnel was completely suspended during protest in November 2019. The Hong Kong government used the operator model "Build Operate Transfer", or "BOT", for the implementation of the tunnel project; Financing and construction was the responsibility of a private enterprise, which was granted a concession to operate and collect tolls for 30 years.
For all three tunnels, the government opted for a 30-year private-sector franchise based on a build–operate–transfer model. Two reasons include the less convenient locations of the other two tunnels compared with the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, and more importantly the control of new tunnels by the powerful state-owned investment group CITIC Pacific.
Scenic Hill Tunnel: 2018 1 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 466 N/A Airport Tunnel: 2018 0.6 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 401 N/A Lung Shan Tunnel: 2019 4.8 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 16,728 N/A
It was constructed by the Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited (WHTCL), which also operated the tunnel from 1993 to 2023 under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) on a 30-year franchise contract with the Hong Kong government. The tunnel is the first three-lane road tunnel in Asia to be constructed using submerged pipe.
This is a list of films produced in Hong Kong ordered by decade and year of release in separate pages. For film set in Hong Kong and produced elsewhere see List of films set in Hong Kong . Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913), the first Hong Kong narrative film
Rail tunnel for Bay Area Rapid Transit. Connects Oakland to San Francisco. It is the longest underwater tunnel in North America: 5.8 km: 41 m: 1965–1969 Cross-Harbour Tunnel: Hong Kong: A busy road tunnel in Hong Kong: 1.86 km: 1969–1972 Elbe Tunnel (1975) Hamburg, Germany: 8-lane road tunnel crossing the Elbe River in Hamburg: 3.3 km: 1968 ...
Initially, the Government of Hong Kong had plans to build a bridge across the eastern portion of the harbour but due to fears of the bridge blocking planes landing at Kai Tak airport, this was shelved in favour of a tunnel. [3] In 1986, the New Hong Kong Tunnel Company Limited won the bidding for this contract, and was given the right to run ...
The Underwater City is a 1962 American science fiction film in Eastmancolor, about overcoming engineering obstacles for establishing an underwater living environment. The film was directed by Frank McDonald , produced by Alex Gordon and written by Gordon's wife Ruth Alexander.