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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988
SUCH FACILITIES HAD SO FAR BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF LAND ON SHORT-TERM TENANCIES.
OWING TO THE RAPID GROWTH IN THE CONTAINER TRADE IN RECENT YEARS AND THE COMPETING DEMAND FOR LAND NEAR THE CONTAINER PORT BY OTHER BACK-UP FACILITIES, IT HAD NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO MEET FULLY THE DEMAND FOR CONTAINER PARKING SPACES.
ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE EXISTING PARKING SPACES WERE IN THE TSUEN WAN-KWAI TSING AREAS, SOME WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
IN VIEW OF THE SHORTAGE OF LAND AROUND THE CONTAINER PORT, SOME SITES WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE.
HE SAID THE SITUATION SHOULD IMPROVE WHEN ADDITIONAL LAND BECAME AVAILABLE UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE RECLAMATION OF BACK-UP AREAS ADJOINING TERMINALS 6 AND 7, IN STAGES STARTING FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHORT-TERM TENANCY SITES FOR CONTAINER TRUCK PARKING WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PUT OUT TO TENDER TO EASE THE SITUATION.
IN ADDITION, A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO LOOK INTO
THE IMMEDIATE PARKING NEEDS OF THE CONTAINER TRUCKING INDUSTRY IN THE CONTAINER PORT AREA AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
IN THE LONGER TERM, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONTAINER PORT BACK-UP FACILITIES (INCLUDING PARKING) WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THIS PART OF THE STUDY SHOULD RY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
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STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT WILD LIFE
ALL REPORTS OF THE PROHIBITED USE OF ENDANGERED WILD LIFE FOOD ARE INVESTIGATED AS THEY OCCUR, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).
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BY THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF RECENT ALLEGATIONS CARRIED IN THE PRESS, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND LOCALLY, THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF ENDANGERED SPECIES WERE BEING RATEN IN HONG KONG,
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