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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1985
$1 300 MILLION FOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS
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GOVERNMENT WILL BE PRESSING AHEAD WITH DEVELOPMENT BY SPENDING $1 300 MILLION ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN FISCAL 1985-86, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE
OF TRANSPORT, HE SAID THAT THIS SUM WOULD ENABLE A START TO BE MADE ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDED $745 MILLION FOR THE SHA TIN TO TSUEN WAN ROUTE LINK, $101 MILLION FOR AN ACCESS TO THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION, AND $160 MILLION FOR THE VEHICULAR BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU.
MR CHAN SAID THAT DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT OVER $9 BILLION FOR THE COMPLETION OF MANY TRANSPORT PROJECTS.
A NUMBER OF MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THESE WERE THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS STAGE I, THE TWIN-TUBE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR BETWEEN TAI KOK TSUI AND SHAM SHUI PO, THE CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAIKOO SHING SECTION OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, THE SHA TIN TO TAI PO COASTAL ROAD AND THE CORNWALL STREET FLYOVER.
+GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR: IT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND THE MASS TRANSPORT SERVICES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO HONG KONG'S WELL-BEING, ARE AS UNHINDERED AS POSSIBLE AND, IF NECESSARY, GIVEN PREFERENCE,+ MR CHAN SAID,
IN PLANNING THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BEST MATCH FUTURE POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS. SUCH AN ANALYSIS WAS COMPLEX, PARTICULARLY IN A CROWDED CITY LIKE HONG KONG.
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