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MR. ANDRE W WONG (in Cantonese):
Sir, may
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refer the
Secretary for Transport back to paragraph 4 of his answer,
that is about the completion of the Nai Chung Road in
August and ask how many cars will take this link road, and
if there are too many
too many cars taking this link road, whether
volume Hirams Highway will be able to cope with the high number
traffic? of cars?
We know that this section is very congested, in
particular the section near Sai Kung.
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (in Cantonese):
Sir, according to
our estimate, the link road after completion will not be
used by a great number of cars going to Kowloon because
the drivers will need extra time if they use this road.
Some cars going to northern Kowloon will use this road;
we have a plan to improve the link road and hope that this
will make the flow smoother.
Sir, I would like to
MR. HO SAI-CHU (in Cantonese):
refer to the paragraph 1 of the Secretary for Transport's
reply which says that the journey times have been reduced
by an average of 10 to 15 minutes. May I ask what the
original time is? The final paragraph of the answer talks
about reducing the congestion to a
'tolerable level'. I
would like to know how he would define 'tolerable level'.