Contract value $5 billion. Wayss & Freytag ordered two 6.52 m Lovat EPBs with mixed face cutterheads for delivery August and September, 1998. April 1998.   Due to open 2002, 20 km line runs entirely underground with 16 stations linking World Trade Centre to Punggol and will interchange with existing MRT at Outrani Park on East-West line and Dhobi Ghaut on North-South line. Eleven contracts along line and a twelfth for the depot. Sept 1999.   Meyco reports it is supplying Fix SLF foam admixture for soil conditioning on the 5 km x 6.56 m-diameter EPB tunnels and Fix TSG for tailshield sealant. For annulus grouting Rheocell/Rheofill, a special foam admixture, was used to prevent bleeding and segregation and overcome problems with locally available coarse sands. More information at www.mbt.com February 2000.Lovat reports machine 257/18000 broke through to Kovan station on 30th August and 257/17900 on 4th September. They will be internally disassembled in the tunnel with sacrificial skins to be left in situ because Kovan station works are at an advanced stage with no vertical access, and the permanent eye is in place and smaller than the TBM diameter. Visit www.lovat.com Sept 2000.