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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985
TURNING TO THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MR CHENG STRONGLY URGED THE ACCELERATION AND THE EXTENSION OF THE PROGRAMME WHICH BEGAN SOME YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE PARKING FACILITIES CLOSE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS WELL AS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
+ONLY WHEN PEOPLE CAN CONVENIENTLY TRANSFER FROM CAR TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL THEY STOP BRINGING THEIR CARS INTO OR THROUGH THE INNER URBAN AREAS.
+AND ONLY WHEN THERE IS SUFFICIENT PARKING WITHIN OUR URBAN AREAS SHALL WE CLEAR THE ROADS OF THE ENDLESS, SEARCHING PROCESSION OF THOSE CARS AND LORRIES WHICH DO HAVE TO BE THERE,+ HE SAID.
COMMENTING ON HOUSING, MR CHENG CONGRATULATED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THE PROGRESS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN BUILDING STANDARDS.
+HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF STRINGENT QUALITY CONTROL AND PROPER SUPERVISION THROUGHOUT OUR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CAN NEVER BE OVER-EMPHASISED, AND WE MUST GUARD THE STANDARDS CAREFULLY AND ALWAYS KEEP THEM UNDER REVIEW.
+ IN THE LONG RUN, HIGH STANDARDS NOT ONLY REDUCE REMEDIAL WORK AND CUT MAINTENANCE COSTS BUT ALSO INCREASE THE DURABILITY OF OUR BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
FIVE-POINT PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS * * *
GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE NEED TO ENSURE PUBLIC FACILITIES IN NEW TOWNS COPED WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF POPULATION.
THIS WAS ONE OF FIVE POINTS MADE BY THE HON LAU WONG-FAT ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE POLICY DEBATE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR LAU SAID THAT APART FROM A DEFICIENCY IN MEDICAL FACILITIES, NEW TOWNS WERE AT PRESENT FACING THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF EDUCATION WHICH HE CONSIDERED ATTRIBUTABLE TO GOVERNMENT'S EXISTING SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION POLICY.
MR LAU SAID THE POLICY, WHILE FEASIBLE IN URBAN AREAS WHERE TRANSPORT WAS READILY AVAILABLE, WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPRACTICABLE WHEN APPLIED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHERE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS
INADEQUATE.
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