WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988
THE TUNNEL'S COMPLETION IN 1991 WOULD BRING LONG AWAITED RELIEF TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS OF NORTH AND TERRITORIES WHO TRAVELLED REGULARLY INTO THE URBAN AREAS.
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"I CAN ENVISAGE THE BOOST THIS WILL BRING TO THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND PROPERTY VALUE IN THOSE PARTS OF THE TERRITORY WHICH THE TUNNEL HAS MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE, SHE ADDED.
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NEW TUNNEL WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC SITUATION
CHAOS BROUGHT ABOUT BY TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE LION ROCK TUNNEL WOULD COME TO AN END FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, DR THE HON CONRAD LAM SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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DR LAM WAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL.
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ON THE LIABILITY OF THE TUNNEL COMPANY IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, DR LAM SAID PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE TOO SERIOUS BE OVERCOME.
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"THEY FEAR THAT DEBRIS AND GRAVEL WOULD BLOCK THE WATER AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS, CAUSING FLOODS WHEN THERE IS TORRENTIAL RAIN.
"BUT LOSS INCURRED BY THE RESIDENTS IN RELATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED IN THE BILL,
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DR LAM NOTED THAT THE PROJECT WAS SCHEDULED то BE WITHIN 37 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF WORK.
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HE URGED THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED TO TRY THEIR BEST то SEE THE DEADLINE WAS MET AND TO GUARD AGAINST ANY TRIVIALITIES WHICH MIGHT CAUSE DELAY.
ON TOLLS, DR LAM SAID THE PUBLIC DID NOT WANT TO SEE ANY INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF TUNNEL TOLLS AS A KIND OF FISCAL MEASURE ΤΟ RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
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COLLECTED BY THE MASS KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY PROPERLY
"THE PUBLIC CONSIDERED THAT THE FARES TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND CORPORATION (INCLUDING THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT) HAVE NOT BEEN MONITORED," HE SAID.
"THEY HOPE