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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
ΤΟ DECIDE WHETHER "EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE IN A POSITION
BUILD A IT IS FEASIBLE TO
RAIL LINK BETWEEN THE NORTH-WEST NEW SUCH A TERRITORIES AND THE URBAN AREA, AS WELL AS THE BEST ROUTE FOR LINK, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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TRANSIT RAILWAY TO
MASS "AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXTENDING THE JUNK BAY ARE ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE MTR CORPORATION.
KCR
ASKED TO ADVISE ON THE "IN ADDITION, CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN
EXPANSION AT HUNG FREIGHT YARD
HOM
AND BAY
THE PROPOSED
DECISIONS ON ASSOCIATED MARSHALLING YARD AT LO WU; WE INTEND TO TAKE THESE PROJECTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR."
LONGER TERM PROJECT'S WOULD HOW HONG KONG DEALT WITH THE
BE
SECOND DECIDED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY POLICY AND PLANNING OPTIONS INVOLVED WHICH WOULD EXAMINE THE
IN
AN MAINTAINING
ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF
FOR MOBILITY
PASSENGERS FREIGHT UP TO THE YEAR 2001, SIR DAVID ADDED.
AND
IN
A GREEN PAPER ON INTERNAL MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY PUBLISHED
CONSULTATION, HE SAID.
THE FIRST
TRANSPORT POLICY SETTING OUT THE AND THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE HALF OF
A 1989 AS
BASIS FOR PUBLIC
"IT
IS
ALREADY CLEAR
THAT TRANSPORT
WILL DEMAND
RISE WE WILL GO ON
SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE CENTURY. BUILDING UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
ECONOMIC, "BUT INEVITABLY THERE ARE
ON THE EXTENT то ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS EXPANDED, PARTICULARLY IN THE URBAN AREAS.'
PHYSICAL AND CAN BE FURTHER
FINANCIAL,
IT WHICH
"
ROAD CONGESTION WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM, HE ADDED.
NEW STRATEGY TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN RURAL NT
THE NEED FOR
A NEW
LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES
GOVERNOR,
SIR DAVID
(WEDNESDAY).
WHILE LIVING
WILSON, IN
THE
CONDITIONS
IN THE
AND COMPREHENSIVE
то STRATEGY WAS STRESSED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
IMPROVE BY THE TODAY
NEW TOWNS
WERE GENERALLY
SATISFACTORY, HE SAID THE SITUATION IN THE RURAL NEW
NOT SO GOOD.
TERRITORIES WAS
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