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Wednesday, March 29, 1972
MORE RESOURCES
REAL AND FINANCIAL TO TACKLE TRANSPORT PROBLEM
Expansion of Road Networks, Rail And Water Links
The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, said today that
in Government's view the time had come to devote a larger proportion of the Colony's real and financial resources to the emerging movement problem of the
1970s and 1980s.
He was replying to points raised by Unofficial Members when debate
on the Budget was resumed in the Legislative Council.
"Any overall policy must obviously involve three elements, namely,
first, the expansion of our network of roads and rail and water links; secondly, the improvement of public transport facilities; and thirdly, the restraint
of private transport," he said.
A cursory look at the Public Works Programme would show that there was a growing emphasis on the development of the Colony's road network and other improvements, such as, flyovers, bus termini, and the double tracking of the Kowloon/Shatin section of the railway.
In addition the Long Term Road Study was to be updated to take account
of the results of the 1971 census, he said.
The bus companies and the ferry companies had been pressed to improve their services and measures had been introduced to improve their financial
stability, he said.
Public Light Buses had been regularised but were still a somewhat controversial form of public transport, he added.
Although