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WHERE A ROAD HAD NOT BEEN GAZETTED AS A PUBLIC ROAD, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE AND CONSIDERED EACH LOCATION ON ITS MERITS WITH REGARD TO THE DENSITY OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
INSIDE PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, HE SAID, THE PROVISION OF ZE BRA-CROSSINGS WAS LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF ESTATE MANAGERS. THIS WAS BECAUSE THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE DID NOT AT PRESENT APPLY TO SUCH ROADS.
+HOWEVER, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ENDORSED A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ROAD SAFETY PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD APPLY TO THESE ROADS AND NON-GAZETTED ROADS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES,
+THIS WILL BRING THE PROVISION OF SUCH ZEBRA-CROSSINGS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND DRAFT LEGISLATION IS BEING PREPARED TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS, HE SAID.
ANSWERING ANOTHER QUESTION, BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, AS TO WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER BUILDING MORE LAY-BYS TO RELIEVE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT MAN KAM TO, MR WONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING WHETHER IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE HOLDING AREA - IN EFFECT, A LARGE LAY-BY IN THE EXPANDED CONTROL COMPLEX AT MAN KAM TO+.
+THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE MAN KAM TO ROAD TO A THREE-LANE ROAD IS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED, HE SAID.
LAYOUT PLAN PREPARED FOR ON LOK TSUEN
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ON LOK TSUEN SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA PROVIDING SCOPE FOR INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FANLING NEW TOWN, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR CHAN WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR ON LOK TSUEN IN FANLING.
+A LAYOUT PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE AREA TO PRODUCE 15 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WHICH, IF DEVELOPED TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL, COULD PROVIDE JOBS FOR UP TO 30 000 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.
+THE LAND WITHIN THE LAYOUT IS LARGELY IN PRIVATE HANDS AND HAS BEEN CONVERTED OVER THE YEARS FROM AGRICULTURAL TO TEMPORARY INDUSTRIAL USE UNDER SHORT TERM WAIVERS.
+A SURVEY IN 1983 INDICATED THAT ABOUT 130 UNDERTAKINGS WERE THEN OPERATING AND EMPLOYING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE.
/+IMPLEMENTATION OF
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