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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1981
MORE FACILITIES FOR DRIVERS IN SHA TIN
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BY 1985, THERE WILL BE 11 PETROL FILLING STATIONS IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON DAVID AKERS- JONES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALEX WU, WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISIFIED THAT PETROL SUPPLY AND CAR-PARK FACILITIES WERE SUFFICIENT TO COPE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN SHA TIN, IN VIEW OF THE RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION THERE.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED.
AT PRESENT, HE SAID, SHA TIN HAS TWO PETROL FILLING STATIONS- SITES FOR TWO MORE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SOLD AND ONE MORE WILL BE SOLD IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
IN 1983 THERE WILL BE EIGHT OR NINE FILLING STATIONS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND 11 IN 1985.
FILLING STATIONS ARE PLANNED AT SUITABLE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TOWN INCLUDING ONE IN EACH MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREA.
+I BELIEVE THIS TO BE BOTH ACCEPTABLE AND SUFFICIENT,
MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
AS FOR CAR-PARK FACILITIES, LAND BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL - BEING SOLD IN THE DISTRICT INCLUDES PROVISION FOR PARKING SPACES.
PRIVATE CAR-PARKING IS ALSO PROVIDED IN ALL SHA TIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
BY 1983/84 A FURTHER 1 700 PUBLIC CAR-PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE TOWN CENTRE, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE PUBLIC CAR-PARKING SPACES IN VARIOUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
AFTER 1983/84 THREE GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR-PARKS WILL, IN ADDITION, BE PROVIDED AT EACH OF THE THREE RAILWAY STATIONS OF TAI WAI, SHA TIN CENTRAL AND MA LIU SHUI.
BILLS PASSED
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THREE BILLS PASSED THEIR COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY. THEY ARE THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1981, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1981 AND THE FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT)
(AMENDMENT) BILL 1981.
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