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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988
THESE WERE THE INVESTMENT PLANS AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL POLICY DEBATE.
PROJECTIONS OUTLINED BY LEUNG, IN THE RESUMED
LEUNG FORESAW
DESPITE ALL THESE PROJECTS, MR
TRAFFIC CONGESTION CONTINUING TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE WITH CROWING BCONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND RISING STANDARD OF LIVING.
HE WARNED, HOWEVER, THAT REGULATORY MEASURES WOULD CONTINUE BE REQUIRED TO CONTAIN THE INCREASED DEMAND TO A MANAGEABLE LEVEL.
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"THE NEED AND OPTIONS FOR REGULATORY MEASURES, TOGETHER WITH PROPOSED ROAD AND RAIL INVESTMENT PROJECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE SECOND CONPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY, ++ MR LEUNG SAID.
THE FINAL REPORT WAS EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED EARLY NEXT YEAR AFTER WHICH A GREEN PAPER WOULD BE ISSUED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BEFORE JUNE.
BUT TO CATER FOR CURRENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND AND THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MR LEUNG ASSURED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PRESSING AHEAD TO RELIEVE CONGESTION THROUGH THE CONSTRUCITON OF EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, SHING MUN AND TATE'S CAIRN TUNNELS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WERE BEING GREATLY INCREASED TO MEET GROWING NEEDS OF THE 9.4 MILLION PASSENGERS DAILY.
SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS BEING CONSIDERED WERE:
窜 ROUTE 3 EXTENDING FROM THE BORDER AND THE NORTHWEST NEW
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TERRITORIES THROUGH TSING YI TO WEST KOWLOON;
WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING;
* EAST KOWLOON CORRIDOR PASSING THE NEW HUNG HOM RECLAMATION
AND THE SECOND AIRPORT TUNNEL:
* JUNK BAY MTR EXTENSION;
RAIL LINK CONNECTING TSUEN WAN TO TUEN MỤN OR TO YUEN LONG; AND POSSIBLY,
* LIGHT RAIL CONNECTING MA ON SHAN TO TAI WAI AND
DIAMOND HILL.
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HAD ADDED CARS, HAD
SINCE AUGUST THIS YEAR, THE KOWLOON-CANTON 75 TRAIN CARS WHICH, TOGETHER WITH MODIFIED EXISTING INCREASED TOTAL CAPACITY BY 75 PER CENT OVER 1986.
FIFTY-FOUR NEW TRAIN CARS HAD BEEN ORDERED FOR 1990 AND 1991 TO FURTHER BOOST CAPACITY BY 25 PER CENT.
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