TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1985
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STUDIES OF HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT SITES UNDERWAY
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW ENGAGED IN DETAILED STUDIES OF POSSIBLE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITES IN THE HARBOUR AREA AND RESULTS ARE EXPECTED BY 1987 OR 1988, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE HONG KONG JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR CHAN SAID THAT THE STUDIES WOULD IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE MAJOR RECLAMATION COULD BE CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE LAND FOR USE WHEN NEEDED IN THE MID-1990S.
HE SAID THAT STUDIES ALREADY COMPLETED INDICATED. THAT AFTER THE NEW TOWNS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT COULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE ON RECLAMATIONS AROUND THE HARBOUR.
+MORE DETAILED PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF THE VARIOUS AREAS IDENTIFIED AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEMES ARE NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN.
+ THE MAIN AREAS OF POTENTIAL RECLAMATION ARE THE HUNG HOM AND ALDRICH BAYS, OFF WEST KOWLOON BETWEEN MONG KOK AND STONECUTTERS ISLAND, OFF CENTRAL AND WAN CHAT AND BETWEEN KENNEDY TOWN AND GREEN ISLAND.
+AT POK FU LAM THERE ARE POSSIBLE LAND-BASED SITES AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RECLAMATIONS.
+ IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE POPULATION INCREASES, THE AREAS MENTIONED WILL ALSO PERMIT PORT FACILITIES, THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION'S DEPOT TO BE EXPANDED, MR CHAN SAID.
DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE HARBOUR WOULD ALSO ENABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO URBAN AND CROSS-HARBOUR TRANSPORT LINKS AND TO CONGESTED LIVING CONDITIONS, HE ADDED.
OUTSIDE THE HARBOUR AREA, MAJOR NEW TRANSPORT LINKS BETWEEN DIAMOND HILL AND SHA TIN AND BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES WERE LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED TO COMPLEMENT THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD,
+AS REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TANE A FIRM HOLD IN HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I THINK WE CAN EXPECT A SHARPENING OF COMPETITION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN SECTORAL INTERESTS, MR CHAN SAID.
*WE WILL NEED TO SEE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME PROCESSES ARE EQUAL TO THE TASK OF ENSURING THAT THE COMPETITION CONTINUES TO BE FAIRLY JUDGED.+
/CITING SURRATT