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FERDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1989
GOVERNMENT'S
MR YUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE
EXPERIMENT EARLY LAST YEAR IN INTRODUCING TIDAL FLOW TRAFFIC AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL HAD ACHIEVED RESULTS. THE SCHEME WOULD BE EXTENDED THIS YEAR TO COVER THE WHOLE MORNING PEAK HOURS WITH THREE LANES FOR TRAFFIC HEADING TOWARDS KOWLOON AND ONE LANE HEADING TOWARDS SHA TIN.
"IN A BID TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, THE AUTHORITIES WILL CONSIDER ADOPTING A SINGLE-JOURNEY TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR NORTHBOUND VEHICLES SO THAT MORE CARS WILL MAKE USE OF THE WIDENED TAI PO ROAD, HE SAID.
"FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF SAI SHA ROAD, ROUTE 5 LINKING SHA TIN TO TSUEN WAN IS EXPECTED TO OPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WIDENING WORK ON TAI PO ROAD TO ALLOW THREE-LANE TRAFFIC WILL ALSO
BE NEARING COMPLETION. BY THEN, SHA TIN'S EXTERNAL TRAFFIC WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED.
"IN ADDITION, WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF TATE'S CAIRN WHICH STARTED LAST JULY, IS PROGRESSING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1991," MR YUNG SAID.
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ON THE ANTI-POLLUTION FRONT, MR YUNG SAID WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME IN JUNE LAST YEAR, LIVESTOCK BREEDING ACTIVITIES IN NEW TOWNS HAD BEEN BANNED, RESULTING IN THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY OF SHING MUN RIVER.
HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE THREE PROJECTS TO BE INTRODUCED SIMULTANEOUSLY THIS YEAR WOULD FURTHER LOWER THE POLLUTION LEVEL OF THE RIVER.
THE THREE PROJECTS ARE TRANSPORTATION OF THICKENED DISPOSAL AT SEA, EXPORT OF TREATED EFFLUENTS TO KAI TAK MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NITROGEN LEVEL IN THE RIVER.
SLUDGE FOR NULLAH AND
ON THE PROVISION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES, MR YUNG NOTED THAT FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR WHILE WORK TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS IN BXISTING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS WAS ALSO IN PROGRESS.
"IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NUMBER OF FORM ONE SCHOOL PLACES FALLING SHORT IN SHA TIN WILL BE REDUCED то ABOUT 900 AS COMPARED WITH MORE THAN 2,300 TWO YEARS AGO, HE SAID.
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ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MR YUNG SAID SO FAR THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD ASSISTED THE FORMATION OF MORE THAN 220 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND 31 OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. SHA TIN'S NINTH AREA COMMITTEE WOULD BE FORMED IN MA ON SHAN THIS YEAR.
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