MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1984
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MR CHEN SAID THAT APART FROM CAUSING THE LEAST DISTURBANCE AND INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC AND COMMUTERS, GREAT CARE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO PRESERVE THE ARCHAELOGICALLY RENOWNED VILLAGE OF TSANG TAI UK, WHICH LAY DIRECTLY BELOW THE MAIN CARRIAGEWAY,
+LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD, THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF ROAD CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE AN INVALUABLE ASSET IN OUR PREPARATION FOR ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN DOMESTIC TRAFFIC AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC LINKS ACROSS THE BORDER,+ HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE, SAID THAT SHA TIN ROAD HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO HIGH GEOMETRICAL STANDARDS TO ALLOW SAFE VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND HIGH- SPEED TRAVEL.
BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $220 MILLION, THE NEW ROAD IS EXPECTED TO FACILITATE ROAD TRANSPORTATION BY PROVIDING A THROUGH ROUTE WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY FORM THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROUTE FOR THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TAI PO AND FANLING, HE SAID.
+THROUGH TRAFFIC IS WELL CATERED FOR, WHILE SHA TIN-BOUND TRAFFIC IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE APPROPRIATE JUNCTIONS FOR ENTRY INTO THE NEW TOWN. TRAFFIC ORIGINATING FROM SHA TIN CAN ALSO EASILY MERGE WITH THE MAIN TRAFFIC STREAM,+ MR O'RORKE SAID.
MR O'RORKE ADDED: +ALL THIS IS PART OF GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERMIT THE PROSPEROUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY. APART FROM THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS AND THE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRANSPORT NETWORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ALREADY COMPLETED OR IN HAND, CAN ADVISE YOU THAT GOVERNMENT WILL BE SEEKING APPROVAL OF FUNDS TO START ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT NEXT YEAR - THE TWIN-TUBE ROAD TUNNEL BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN AT A COST OF SOME $750 MILLION. +
SHA TIN ROAD WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON NOVEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY).
BOARD TO HEAR ABOUT REGIONAL COUNCIL
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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE SET UP OF THE NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU WILL EXPLAIN THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION, ORGANISATION AND FUNCTION OF THE NEW COUNCIL SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF ITS FORMATION.
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