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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986
DURING THE YEAR BOTH THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION HAD BEGUN SEPARATE STUDIES ON POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS OF THEIR SYSTEMS TO MEET THIS DEMAND
TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON THE ROAD SYSTEM LINKING THE URBAN AREA TO THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, A STUDY WAS UNDERWAY OF THE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF A NEW ROAD LINK TO SHA TIN VIA A TUNNEL UNDER TATE'S CAIRN, HE ADDED.
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TURNING TO ACTIVITY IN THE PORT SIR EDWARD SAID THIS HAD INCREASED EVERY YEAR. IN 1985 IT INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT OVER 1984.
FURTHER MAJOR RECLAMATION WAS THEREFORE BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT AT KWAI CHUNG CREEK, WHILE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WAS RECLAIMING 29 HECTARES OF SEABED TO PROVIDE KWAI CHUNG'S SIXTH CONTAINER TERMINAL. THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
+A RECENT STUDY OF LONGER TERM STRATEGIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FURTHER PORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND, HAS IDENTIFIED AS A KEY ISSUE THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR CONTAINER TERMINAL AND RELATED FACILITIES,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
THE STUDY RECOMMENDED FURTHER RECLAMATION TO THE WEST OF STONECUTTERS ISLAND AS THE BEST OPTION. THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS BEING STUDIED.
SIR EDWARD ALSO NOTED THAT AT THE AIRPORT A SECOND FREIGHT COMPLEX WAS BEING PLANNED.
DAYA BAY: SAFE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION ENSURED
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IT WAS NOT SURPRISING THAT, IN THE LIGHT OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER, THAT DEEP AND GENUINE CONCERN SHOULD BE EXPRESSED IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE NUCLEAR PLANT AT DAYA BAY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+THE ISSUE OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER IS ONE ON WHICH THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIEWS, DEEPLY AND SINCERELY HELD. THIS HAS LED TO AN INTENSITY OF DEBATE FOR WHICH THERE CAN HAVE BEEN FEW PRECEDENTS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
/NEVERTHELESS, HE