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MY FOUR IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
TO PARLIAMENT
RESTRICTED:
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ANNUAL REPORT
FOLLOWING IS REMAINDER OF REVISED TEXT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO
PARLIAMENT.
BEGINS.
48.
THE OPENING OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN SHA TIN AND FANLING IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AND THE OPENING EARLIER IN THE YEAR OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR LINKING THE EASTERN PART OF
HONG KONG ISLAND WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE URBAN AREA GREATLY
IMPROVED HONG KONG'S ROAD COMMUNICATION NETWORK. THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT DECIDED THAT A NEW EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING SHOULD
PROVIDE ROAD AND RAIL TUNNEL FACILITIES: AT THE END OF THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, THE GOVERNMENT WAS NEGOTIATING WITH SEVERAL CONSORTIA CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND FINANCING OF
THE TUNNEL.
49. A REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE
WITHOUT MENTION OF THE NEW TOWNS. IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING
CONSOLIDATION OF THE NOW WELL-ESTABLISHED NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YEN LONG WHICH ARE FORCAST TO HOUSE 540,000, 680,000, 420,000 AND 102,000 PEOPLE RESPECTIVELY BY
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