WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1986
SIR JOHN SAID APPROVED COMMITMENTS WERE INCREASED BY $213.6 MILLION DURING THE PERIOD AND NEW COMMITMENTS OF 41 044.7 MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED.
HE NOTED THAT ITEMS IN THIS SUMMARY HAD BEEN APPROVED EITHER BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY.
EAST KOWLOON TRAFFIC GROWTH NEEDS BEING STUDIED ******
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MAKE NECESSARY HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTH-EAST AND EAST KOWLOON WHERE THE SECOND HARBOUR CROSSING AND A TUNNEL LINKING DIAMOND HILL AND SHA TIN WOULD ATTRACT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON IAN MACPHERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON DANIEL TSE, MR MACPHERSON SAID THE PRECISE DETAILS OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE BEING ASSESSED BY THE EAST KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CONSULTANTS PROVIDED BY THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING CONSORTIUM.
+THIS STUDY, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, HAS A DESIGN YEAR OF 1996, + MR MACPHERSON SAID.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY, HE ADDED, WAS TO CONSIDER A GRADE-SEPARATED ROAD CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO TUNNELS, AND ALSO THE MORE PRESSING NEED TO MAKE LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ROADS IN THE AREA BETWEEN DIAMOND HILL AND KWUN TONG SO AS TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO BOTH TUNNELS.
+THE WONG TAI SIN AND KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE FULLY BRIEFED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS RESULTING FROM IT,+ HE ADDED.
DISCUSSION PAPER SOON ON BILINGUAL LAW DRAFTING *****
A DISCUSSION PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS MONTH WILL IDENTIFY SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND CANVASS A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE APPROACHES THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BILINGUAL LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING AND TRANSLATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROSANNA TAM, MR THOMAS SAID THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE THREE CHINESE LAWYERS AND NINE SENIOR CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS IN THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION OF THE CHAMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT.
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