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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1989
HK'S TRANSPORT PROVIDES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
TRANSPORT THE 1990'S WOULD BE AN EXCITING DECADE FOR HONG KONG
GROWTH AND RISING AFFLUENCE WOULD PLANNERS AS CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC
ACTING SECRETARY FOR GENERATE A HUGE INCREASE IN TRAVEL DEMAND. THE TRANSPORT, MR MAK CHUN-FONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
IN A
THE
OF THE CONFERENCE AT DELIVERED SPEECH KEYNOTE
MR MAK SAID MANY INFRASTRUCTURE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT,
RECLAMATIONS, PORT AND DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THOSE CONCERNING FUTURE
PLACE IN THIS AIRPORT FACILITIES AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PERIOD.
HONG KONG
WOULD
AS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA. INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER DELTA AND SOUTHERN CHINA.
AN ASSUME
THE PEARL
PRESENT
CHALLENGES CONSIDERABLE
AS
"THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES, MR MAK SAID.
EL
IN THE VEHICLE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY IN
HE SAID TO COPE WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
AS PROJECTED BY THE SECOND FLEET AND TRAVEL DEMAND TRANSPORT STUDY, THE GOVERNMENT HAD OUTLINED A TRANSPORT THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY.
HE SAID AN
EFFICIENT
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
MUST
DEPEND
ON
THE
PROVISION OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE.
$1.5 BILLION PER THE GOVERNMENT WAS CURRENTLY SPENDING ABOUT YEAR, OR SOME 25 PER CENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET, ON BUILDING ROADS.
NEW
THE ROAD AND RAIL PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT DECADE OUTLINED IN GREEN PAPER WOULD COST ABOUT $29 BILLION.
THE
YEARS,
AMONG THESE PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE 3
AN EXPRESSWAY PROVIDING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE BORDER AND THE FAST DEVELOPING NORTHWESTERN EVER EXPANDING CONTAINER TERMINALS.
WOULD BEGIN
THE LINKING NEW TERRITORIES TO THE
IN
THAT CHANCE
THE
PROJECT
WOULD
MR MAK SAID THERE WAS A GOOD OFFER CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.
ONLY BE ONE OF
BUT, BUILDING MORE ROADS AND RAILWAYS SHOULD THE MEASURES IN THE OVERALL TRANSPORT STRATEGY, HE ADDED.
INCLUDED LAND TRANSPORT PLANNING IN PROVIDE A BETTER
MR MAK EMPHASISED THAT OTHER IMPORTANT MEASURES USE PLANNING WHICH MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH ORDER TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE ROAD SYSTEM AND TO ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AREA
URBAN
"THE RELOCATION OF THE AIRPORT, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT THE METROPLAN BEING PLANNED BY
PRESENT GOOD OPPORTUNITIES
CORPORATION, AND THE FUTURE RECLAMATIONS FOR ADJUSTING LAND USES," HE SAID.
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