sites will therefore continue to be put out to tender as a
A more detailed look at longer means to ease the situation.
term requirements will be undertaken as part of the Port and Airport Development Strategy Study due to start at the beginning of next year and report before the end of 1989.
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As regards the more general question of parking facilities for goods vehicles, working groups comprising
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representatives of Transport Department and the Police have been formed at a local level to identify areas where, because of the availability of multi-storey carparks, the re-allocation of on-street parking spaces from private cars to goods vehicles is possible. These groups e also identifying streets where low traffic flows at night make it possible to allow on-street overnight lorry parking.
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Sir, you rightly underlined the importance of the basic infrasturcture to the economic and social well being of our commmunity. Transport plays a key role in this and it is our intention that the transport facilities and services that Hong Kong needs should continue to be provided.
In this task
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we will continue to seek and take account of the views of the
Transport Advisory Committee, the District Boards and the
general public.
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