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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989
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THE SUGGESTION FOR AN MTR HARBOUR CROSSING FROM YAU MA FORTRESS AS THE NEXT RAIL JARDOUR OPTION AS IT WOULD BRING RF: IEF TO THE HEAVILY CONGESTED
CROSSING PROVIDED AN ACCEPTABLE CORRIDOR.
NATHAN ROAD
HUNG WOULD
"BESIDES, THE INTERMEDIATE KCR/MTR INTERCHANGE STATION AT HOM WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THIS DESIGNATED RAIL HARBOUR CROSSINE RELIEVE THE CURRENTLY OVERLOADED INTERCHANGE WOULD MAXIMISE THE USE OF THE KCR LINE FROM KOWLOON TONG TO HUNG 1,0M,
AT KOWLOON TONG AND HE ADDED.
MR CHENG ALSO SUGGESTED THE
PROPOSALS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE GREEN PAPER.
GOVERNMENT CONSIDER TWO RA/
LE
THE FIRST ONE WAS THE KOWLOON-CANTON REPORTED PLANS TO EXTEND ITS RAIL SYSTEM FROM HUNG HOM TO HAPPY VALLEY RAILWAY CORPORATION'S OR CAUSEWAY BAY.
"THIS IS A CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTION THE SEEMINGLY NEVER ENDING CONGESTION PROBLEM
WHICH WOULD HELP RELIEVE TUNNEL AND AT THE
AT THE CROSS HARBOUR WOULD ALSO SECTION OF THE KCR LINE FROM KOWLOON
UTILISE EFFECTIVELY THE WHICH IS AT PRESENT UNDER-USED,
TONG TO HUNG HOM, A SECTION HE SAID.
SAME TIME,
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MR CHENG SAID THE SECOND PROPOSAL SYSTEM BEING PROPOSED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO LINK THE SOUTH OF
WAS A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT KONG ISLAND TO CENTRAL THROUGH A TUNNEL AND FOLLOWING A ROUTE TO THE PEAK TRAM'S.
HONG SIMILAR
IR COMMENTED: "THIS PROPOSAL, IF APPROVED, DEMANDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE DENSELY POPULATED
WILL EASE TRAFFIC FU AND POK FU LAM WHERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS SUCH A COMMON EYESORE.
"THIS PROJECT SHOULD
WAH
CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED.
THEREFORE BE ENCOURAGED AND ITS
A
A FULL
"WE MUST APPRECIATE THAT ANY PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS BVIOUSLY A SIGN OF DEMONSTRATING CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY.,
MR
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GOVERNMENT'S CHENG APPLAUDED
RECOMMENDATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE WESTERN DISTRICT OF HONG
KONG ISLAND
THROUGH
PORT AND
AIRPORT
THE GREEN PAPER'S 3 HIGHWAY FROM THE CROSSING AND WEST KOWLOON TO YUEN LONG; AND THE ROUTE 7
THE WESTERN HARBOUR THE END OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR
HIGHWAY FROM AND. WAN CHAL RECLAMATION TO WESTERN DISTRICT AND ROUND
THROUGH THE PLANNED CENTRAL ABERDEEN.
THE COAST TO
SHOULD
"IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THE WORK WAN CHAI RECLAMATION
ON THE ACCOMMODATE THIS MAJOR ROAD SYSTEM, AOCOMM
COMMENCE AS A MATTER OF
HE NOTED.
CENTRAL
URGENCY
AND
TO
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