TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1988
AND
CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR
WOULD THOSE
BE
"THE STRAIN ON THE BUILDING INCREASE CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO AN EXTENT THAT DEFERMENTS BEYOND
MEET REQUIRED TO
BUDGETARY GUIDELINES WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY NECESSARY.
"AND THE WORKS INVOLVED IN ADVANCING OR ADJUSTING
то CONSTRUCT FACILITIES FOR WORKS PROGRAMMES TO PROVIDE A SITE AND
HE SAID, THE EXPO WOULD ONLY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM,
VARIOUS
OUT
POINTED SPOKESMAN AS FOR CONSTRAINTS AT THE AIRPORT, THE THAT KAI TAK COULD NOW HANDLE 14.4 MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR.
ΤΟ SHIFT WITH VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES AND MEASURES
INCREASED TO ABOUT DEMAND TO NON-PEAK HOURS, THIS CAPACITY COULD BE 23 MILLION PASSENGERS.
AIR TRAFFIC, ΚΑΙ TAK
WILL BE
"WITH THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY BY 1996," HE SAID.
IF AN EXPO IN 1997 "IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COPE ATTRACT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF VISITORS ON TOP OF THE NORMAL AND BUSINESS TRAFFIC.
WERE ΤΟ TOURIST
HAVING "AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF OPERATIONAL BY 1997.
A NEW AIRPORT
FULLY
THAT
THE
IN LARGE IMPORTANT
"THESE CONSTRAINTS WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING
OF
OVERSEAS
SO ADDITIONAL
VISITORS, INTERNATIONAL ELEMENT OF AN EXPO WOULD BE LOST.
NUMBERS
"AND IF A LARGE NUMBER OF REGULAR VISITORS AND BUSINESSMEN BECAUSE AN EXPO WAS BEING WERE PREVENTED FROM COMING TO HONG KONG HELD, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS IMPACT COULD BE QUITE NEGATIVE."
APART FROM THE LIMITATIONS HOLDING AN EXPO IN 1997 WOULD KONG'S INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
AT ΚΑΙ TAK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALSO PUT TREMENDOUS STRAIN ON HONG
1996, DAILY
PUBLIC HE SAID.
BY
1996, EVEN WITHOUT AN OF THE HARBOUR WILL BE
"OUR CURRENT PROJECTION IS THAT BY TRANSPORT BOARDINGS WILL INCREASE BY 28 PER CENT OVER 1986,
"THESE PROJECTIONS ALSO SHOW THAT EXPO, TRAFFIC ON MAJOR ROADS ON BOTH SIDES SEVERELY CONGESTED.
ISLAND, THE "FOR EXAMPLE, ON HONG KONG
VOLUME OF VEHICULAR OF GLOUCESTER CAPACITY TRAFFIC IS FORECAST TO EXCEED
ROAD BY 10 PER CENT AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD BY 60 PER CENT.
THE
IS EXPECTED TO BI.
"THE CAPACITY OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL EXCEEDED BY 70 PER CENT, AND KWUN TONG ROAD BY 40 PER CENT."
HAD BEEN PLANNED BACKGROUND OF
THE SPOKESMAN SAID MAJOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAIN RECLAMATIONS AGAINST THIS CONTINUED GROWTH IN TRAFFIC DEMAND.
/"IF THE