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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1987
STUDY TO KEEP HK MOVING ON NEXT CENTURY UNDERWAY
CLEAR REASONABLY
VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE A
WHAT NEXT CENTURY WHEN WILL BE NEEDED TO KEEP HONG KONG MOVING INTO THE THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY IS COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
OF HONG KONG SPEAKING AT THE LUNCH MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF
NOVEMBER AND THE EAST, MR LEUNG SAID WORK ON THE STUDY STARTED LAST FINAL PHASE OF DEFINING
RECOMMENDED INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
THE CONCLUSIONS
STUDY WOULD BE
AND
THE
THE REPORTING COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
PROGRAMME
OF
НЕ
SAID THE
SECOND
STUDY
WAS
FOLLOW-UP A
то
THE
FIRST
CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1973 AND 1976.
REVIEW TRANSPORT
PRODUCE AN TO
THIS TIME ARE TO "THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES INVESTMENT AND POLICY OPTIONS UP TO THE YEAR 2001, AND TO IMPROVED TRANSPORT PLANNING MODEL, EMPLOYING THE LATEST TECHNIQUES
AND PROGRAMME, ASSIST IN THE FORMULATION OF FUTURE TRANSPORT POLICY HE SAID.
MR LEUNG SAID THE MAIN
PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING LOOKED AT
DURING THE STUDY INCLUDED:
* ROUTE X BETWEEN NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES AND WEST KOWLOON,
* THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY,
* THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING,
* ROUTE 7 FROM WESTERN TO ABERDEEN,
* AN MTR EXTENSION TO JUNK BAY, AND
* RAIL LINK CONNECTING THE NORTH WEST NEW
URBAN AREA.
TERRITORIES TO THE
CONSTRUCTION HAD BECOME MORE MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT ROAD
CHEAPER EXPENSIVE AS HONG KONG HAD NOW BUILT MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE PROJECTS.
ΤΟ
AVAILABLE
PAY
DEMAND, TRANSPORT UNRESTRAINED
TERMS ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER
NECESSARY FOR THIS.
HE ADDED THAT IT WAS ALSO
THE
FOR
TRANSPORT
EVEN TO BUILD
IF
UNLIKELY THAT RESOURCES NECESSARY NETWORK
IT WAS ACCEPTABLE ALL THE ROAD AND SO ON
WOULD
TO
BE MEET IN
MR
LEUNG SAID
THE STUDY
WOULD THEREFORE TAKE POSSIBLE
ASSIGN PRIORITIES TO IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMMES
ΤΟ
DIFFERENT MATCH
CONSTRAINTS INTO ACCOUNT, AND WOULD PROJECTS AND PROPOSE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESOURCES.
/THE STUDY