WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
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LONG TERM TRANSPORT STRATEGY OUTLINED IN GREEN PAPER
IN
TABLED THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG,
ON TRANSPORT THI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY) A GREEN PAPER
SETTING
A POLICY IN HONG KONG.
OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION
LONG SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE TEIM STRATEGY TO KEEP HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT 21ST CENTURY.
OF THE CONSULTATIVE MR LEUNG EMPHASISED THAT THE PUBLICATION
WAS
TO A NEED
CHANGE THE DOCUMENT DID NOT MEAN THAT THERE PRINCIPLES OF HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT POLICY.
BASIC
— —
THE 1979 WHITE HE SAID THE THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN
ΤΟ TIME TEST OF
IMPROVE THE PAPER HAD STOOD THE
TRANSPORT AND ΤΟ MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE; TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT; MORE ECONOMIC USE OF THE ROAD SYSTEM.
SUCCESS
BECAUSE CONTINUOUS FORWARD PLANNING WAS THE KEY TO OUR IN COPING WITH THE RAPID GROWTH IN TRANSPORT DEMAND AND TO REVIEW THE STRATEGY TO MEET FUTURE CHALLENGES, THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY (CTS-21 WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1986, HE SAID.
AND UP ΤΟ 1988, CENT.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND THE TOTAL VOLUME OF
HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE CTS-1 IN 1976
PER FLEET INCREASED BY 75 THE VEHICLE PATRONAGE INCREASED BY ABOUT 65 PER CENT. TRAVEL MORE THAN DOUBLED.
THE GOVERNMENT REMAINED COMMITTED TO A COMPREHENSIVE TERM INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
AND LONG
MR LEUNG RECALLED THAT MOST OF THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED BY CTS-1 IN 1976 HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
THE
IN
RAIL PROJECTS OUTLINED
TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $29 THE NEW TOWNS AND CROSSINGS AND CROSS
FOR THE NEXT DECADE, THE ROAD AND THE GREEN PAPER WOULD REQUIRE AN ESTIMATED BILLION TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED NEED FOR LINKING
HARBOUR ADDITIONAL THE URBAN AREAS. PROVIDING BORDER ROUTES.
HOWEVER, MR LEUNG STRESSED: "WE SIMPLY CANNOT OUT OF CONGESTION.
"
RAIL
BUILD OURSELVES
BECOME
THAT
MORE HE SAID
AND ROAD
HAD CONSTRUCTION
AS EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT. "ALSO, WE CANNOT BUILD INDISCRIMINATELY.
AND IMPROVING OUR CONSIDERATION WILL NEED TO BE GIVEN TO PRESERVING ENVIRONMENT.
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WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TRANSPORT STRATEGY, MR LEUNG SYSTEM WAS SECOND TO NONE IN
TURNING TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TO BE ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SAID HONG KONG'S
PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK, WITH A REASONABLE FARES.
WIDE CHOICE OF MODES AT
"DESPITE HEAVY