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Wednesday, July 4, 1973
WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY
The Government plans to table in the Legislative Council a White
Paper containing specific proposals of an overall transport policy.
The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, told the Council
this afternoon that the proposals in the White Paper, a draft of which is
now in an advanced state of preparation, are grouped around the following
three essential elements:
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The provision of as much road capacity as is feasible
in the densely populated urban areas;
The improvement (and the rationalisation) of the public transport facilities;
and
The application of measures to make the best use of
Available road capacity.
The Financial Secretary, who was replying to a question by the
Hon. Wilson Wang said that in addition, the government has put in hand a major
study to up-date the various transport studies and statistics,
"The purpose of this study is to revise our present predictions of
the demands likely to be made on different sectors of the developing transport
system over time so that the content of, and the balance between, the three
main elements of our overall transport policy can be appropriately determined."
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