Li Ming, I know. One is a famous male HK star and the other an established female Malaysian actress. Lin Ming, however is different. His name isn't really the same as Li Ming and doesn't ring a bell. His contributions however should be immense nothing that he's the chief engineer of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge(HZMB); that is if news circulating in Whatshap is to be believed. I saw a clip of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, announcing the opening to the public the 100 billion yuan bridge which by far is the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. Consisting of a main bridge with three cable-stayed spans, two artificial islands, one undersea tunnel and link roads, the bridge has been appropriately dubbed one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The bridge naturally was built with much difficulty and it was how Lin Ming went about building the immersed tunnel that made him and his team shine bright, considering that China has practically no know-how on the subject and had been turned away when they went knocking on foreign doors for assistance. Lin Ming supposedly took his engineering and technical team to Busan, South Korea, to learn about the construction of the Busan Geoje Bridge but only managed to take photos from a boat three or four hundred meters away. A Dutch company purportedly told them they were incapable of doing the job and laughed them off. It seemed that later while working on the bridge, Lin Ming worked extremely hard, forsaking rest and sleep; health too - his nose bled and he had to go to hospital for an operation. Even then, his mind was all occupied with work. On waking up from the operation, he had asked about the job progress and on the seventh day after that, he had donned his working clothes and went to the construction site. That reminds of the construction of China's Grand Canal,the world oldest artificial river spanning from Beijing to Hangchow. The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, and the various sections were first connected during the Sui dynasty (581–618 AD). The chief engineer then was Yuwen Kai and I wonder now if he was the one who while working on the project, didn't even have time to step into his own house. Very much like Lin Ming in a way! A dedicated engineer.
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge(HZMB),
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