FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1985
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FANLING BYPASS OPENED
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IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA WOULD BE OF CONSIDERABLE BENEFIT IN PROMOTING TRADE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, SIR ROGER LOBO, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SIR ROGER WAS SPEAKING WHEN OPENING THE FANLING BYPASS, WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT AS PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE TO LINK DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS.
+THIS ROAD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN RAIL AND SEA LINKS, WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE OF GREAT MUTUAL BENEFIT TO CROSS BORDER TRADE, HE SAID.
THE BYPASS, A 3.9-KILOMETRE STRETCH OF DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, IS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE SMOOTH FLOW OF GROWING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE TERRITORY AND ACROSS THE BORDER.
+ I KNOW THAT THIS ROAD WILL REMOVE THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM THE TOWN CENTRE WHILE PROVIDING LINKS TO FANL ING NEW TOWN AND THAT IT WILL ALSO FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SCHEME,+ SIR ROGER SAID.
+1 AM SURE THAT THE FANLING BYPASS WILL PROVE A VALUABLE ASSET TO BOTH THE NORTH DISTRICT AND THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE.
+ AM EQUALLY CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE COMPLETION OF A MAJOR PART OF THE TRUNK ROAD FROM SHA TIN TO FANLING LATER THIS YEAR AND THEN ON TO AU TAU NEXT YEAR, EVEN GREATER BENEFITS WILL ENSUE,+ SIR ROGER SAID.
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973, SIR ROGER SAID: +THE COMPLETION OF THIS MAJOR ROAD PROJECT REPRESENTS ANOTHER OF HONG KONG'S ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IS WELL KNOWN BOTH HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD- HONG KONG CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS.+
EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE, SAID THE PROJECT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FANLING NEW TOWN WHICH HAD BEEN GROWING AT AN EVER-INCREASING RATE SINCE 1978.
THE GROWTH WAS CONTINUING WITH A FURTHER $160 MILLION WORTH OF NEW PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN FANLING TO BE ADDED TO THOSE ALREADY IN HAND.
THE BYPASS HAD BEEN BUILT TO THE LATEST HIGHWAY STANDARDS TO ALLOW SAFE DRIVING AT REASONABLY HIGH SPEED - SPECIAL SKID- RESISTANT SURFACING, IMPROVED ROAD SIGNS, EMERGENCY TELEPHONES AND OBSERVATION PLATFORMS FOR POLICE VEHICLES.
/THE ROAD
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