4.
Secretary for Transport:
Sir,
the short answer is "yes." I am
not an engineering expert but I do believe that facts speak louder
than words because if we were to look at some of the recently
completed projects such as the Island Eastern Corridor
and the
Tolo Highway,
anyone
who
has driven
along these highways or even looks at them at a distance, must
agree that they are the result of ingenious engineering design
and masterpieces of architecture.
I think the quality and standard
perhaps
of Hong Kong roads compares very well with, the best road systems in
other parts of the world.
Mr. CHEUNG (in Cantonese):
Sir, after we have had this increase in
traffic flow for the next five years (the MTR,
the demand for can I ask whether other
the KCR and KMB will have increases),
modes of transport will also have increases, for instance taxis ?
Secretary for Transport: Sir, there would be a general increase in
demand for additional services overall but the
for
certain
modes would be
faster
others. Taxis, I would have thought, are
than
demand
something
that as and when the society gets richer there is a tendency for
more people to take taxis. But at
the
moment
the Transport Advisory Committee has set up a sub-committee under
the chairmanship of the Hon. Jackie CHAN
into this. If we were to look at other modes, such as ferries
and
and
to
look
public light buses, there could be some form of rationalisation,
In other areas there could be some decrease but overall it is one
of increase at the rate of about 5 per cent per annum.
Page 150Page 151