WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1976.
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PLANS TO EXPAND INDUSTRY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY HE WAS CONVINCED THAT FOR HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY TO EXPAND SO AS TO DIVERSIFY AND ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF TECHNOLOGY, THE PRINCIPAL STIMULANT THE GOVERNMENT COULD INJECT WAS LAND.
SPEAKING AT THE NEW SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR MURRAY SAID THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE LAYOUTS OF THE NEW TOWNS WERE BEING REVIEWED SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR WIDER DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY.
+SECONDLY, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ITS POLICY OF GRANTING LAND ON SPECIAL TERMS FOR INDUSTRIES INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGY OF VALUE TO THE ECONOMY, THE PROCESS OF THIS POLICY IS ALREADY APPARENT, FOR INSTANCE, ON TSING YI ISLAND, +
HE SAID.
+THIRDLY, I BELIEVE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.+
SIR MURRAY SAID THAT A PROVISIONAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AUTHORITY HAD ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, LEGISLATION TO CONVERT THE AUTHORITY INTO AN INDEPENDENT CORPORATION WOULD BE INTRODUCED THIS SESSION.
WORK ON THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TAIPO OF ABOUT 185 ACRES IS PROCEEDING FAST, AND WORK SHOULD START ON ANOTHER OF ABOUT THE SAME SIZE NEAR YUEN LONG NEXT YEAR. TWO OR THREE OTHER LARGE ESTATES ARE BEING PLANNED.
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT IN THESE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW TOWNS AND NEW AREAS FOR INDUSTRY, PROVISION OF ADEQUATE COMMUNICATIONS WOULD BE CRUCIAL.
+TO THE WEST, IN ADDITION TO SEA COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION, THERE IS THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, AND I HOPE THAT A PROPOSAL WILL BE MADE SHORTLY FOR COMMENCING THE SECOND AND FINAL PHASE OF THAT PROJECT,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
TO THE EAST AND NORTH, HE ADDED, THE DOUBLING OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND OF THE ROAD AND RAIL LINKS TO SHATIN WOULD BE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.
+WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING THE CONTINUATION OF THESE LINKS BY MEANS OF COAST ROAD TO TAIPO AND A THOROUGH-GOING EXPANSION OF THE RAILWAY, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
+WITHIN THE URBAN AREA ITSELF, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. I ALSO HOPE THAT THE TUNNEL TO ABERDEEN AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL WILL EASE CONGESTION ON EXISTING ROADS AND PAVE THE WAY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN ABERDEEN AND POKFULAM,+
/REGARDING