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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A FULL MTR ISLAND LINE
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THE HON DAVID NEWBIGGING PRESSED THE GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY FROM KENNEDY TOWN TO SHAU KEI WAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
SPEAKING ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE POLICY DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID SINCE HIS PLEA FOR THE EXTENSION EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE +SUBTERRANEAN DRAGON THAT HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT THIS TASK - WITH HOPE SPRINGING ETERNAL IN MY IMAGINATION AT LEAST HAS PROVEN TO BE AN UNRULY BEAST AND
HAS DEVELOPED A MIND OF HIS OWN.
+HAVING REACHED SHAU KEI WAN HE PROCEEDED TO CHAI WAN, THEN TURNED LEFT, AND IS NOW SOMEWHERE UNDER LEI YUE MUN GÁP WELL ON HIS WAY TO COMPLETING THE CIRCLE AT KOWLOON BAY TERMINAL.✦
HE APOLOGISED TO MEMBERS FOR THESE UNAUTHORISED PEREGRINATIONS BUT SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT TAKE THEM INTO ACCOUNT IN ITS LONG-TERM PLANNING.
MR NEWBIGGING STRESSED THAT ENTHUSIASM CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IS RUNNING AT AS HIGH A PITCH AS AT ANY TIME.
+GIVEN THE INCREASINGLY CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS DEVELOPING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA AND THE IMPRESSIVE STRIDES THAT HONG KONG IS MAKING IN THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY, I CONSIDER THIS OPTIMISM IS SOUNDLY BASED.+
HOWEVER, HE SAID, THERE ARE MASSIVE TASKS TO BE FACED AND BOLD DECISION TO BE MÅDE — A PROSPECT WHICH CAN ALSO BE REGARDED AS A SOURCE OF GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
HE NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE - LAND PRODUCTION, ROADS, TUNNELS, HOUSING, PERHAPS A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AND MUCH ELSE BESIDES -- AND OF OUR SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WILL INVOLVE FURTHER HERCULEAN EFFORTS.
SUITABLY +HEROIC ASSUMPTIONS+ WILL NO DOUBT BE REQUIRED ON WHICH TO BASE DECISIONS TO PROCEED WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY BEARING IN MIND THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WE ARE ALREADY COMMITTED, HE SAID.
IN SUPPORTI