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on highways and
Major projects
Over 55% of expenditure on public works is
engineering projects, including site formation.
which began in 1986 include reclamation at Hung Hom Bay, which will
provide land for expansion of
Kowloon-Canton Railway
Corporation's freight and
the
passenger terminals,
Route 5 from Sha
Tin
to Tsuen Wan, and piling work for the Eastern District Hospital.
There is also substantial
handle increased water
in water supply projects to
from China, in environmental
recreational and cultural
investment
supplies
of
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projects and in the provision
facilities. 2)
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A number of major infrastructural projects are under
construction or being planned for implementation Some of these
facilitated by the Hong Kong Government, are
They include notably the Eastern
projects, while
financed by the
the private sector.
Harbour Crossing costing HK$34 billion, which will provide a road
and rail link by tunnel between the eastern part of Hong Kong Island
and East Kowloon by 1990. Other examples are the construction of a
sixth terminal at the Kwai
Kwai Chung Container Port (already the third
largest in the world),
the world), and active planning for a second air freight
complex at the Kai Tak International Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is constructing the first phase
of the Light Rail Transit System for the
the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long new
towns at a
74.
Airport.
cost of HK$103 billion. <)
Further,
the
Development of the new towns continues, with expenditure at
some
HK$3 billion a
year.
two
new
Work has
commenced
on the
Shui Wai.
The
towns at Junk Bay and Tin Shui
The
the rate of
contruction of
first stage of development at Junk Bay will accommodate 75,000 people in public housing and 48,000 people in private housing. first public housing intake is expected in early 1987. Work on the
first tube of the road tunnel linking East Kowloon to Junk Bay started in November 1986. Pelo
75.
Long
In addition
Government Kong
the
continued development of the new towns,
also decided that a more systematic
redevelopment of some of the older
A statutory Land Development Corporation
to
approach
of parts
will be
is
necessary
the urban area.
has
to the
responsible for devising and implementing
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