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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1989
THAT THE INTER-MODAL A WAS
COMMON SUGGESTION THERE
BETWEEN PUBLIC ALLOW MORE COMPETITION CO-ORDINATION POLICY SHOULD TRANSPORT MODES AND ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE SERVICES.
THESE ARE REASONABLE COMMENTS AND WILL BE FULLY THE POLICY INTENTIONS IN THE WHITE PAPER. HE SAID.
THERI
REFLECTED
IN
OF THE
CARRIERS. TRANSPORT
OFF-STREET
SYSTEM,
RAIL AND AND
MODES TO
WAS GENERAL. AGREEMENT THAT THE MASS DUSES, SHOULD FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE PURLIC
BE MADE MORE AND BETTER ALLEVIATE PRESSURE ON THE ROAD NETWORK.
SHOULD USE
OF PUBLIC
PUBLIC
QUALITY THF
MEET RISING
THERE WAS ALSO A CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT TRANSPORT SERVICES SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TO EXPECTATIONS FOR BETTER COMFORT AND SPEED.
FOR MONITORING MR ON PUBLIC CONCERN REGARDING THE PRESENT SYSTEM
RAILWAY CORPORATIONS.
OBJECTIVES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, ESPECIALLY THE
BROAD POLICY "THE NEED FOR SETTING SAID. LEUNG
BY AN INTERNAL CONSIDERED IS BEING FOR THE RAILWAYS STANDARDS GOVERNMENT REVIEW AND WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE WHITE PAPER.
MR
SAID LEUNG
THE PROPOSED
INFRASTRUCTURE
"
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME IN THE GREEN PAPER HAD RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
ASSURANCE HE GAVE AN ADVANCE COMPLETION TARGETS
TO
COMMITMENTS
TRANSPORT
THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S
MAJOR MORE AND TO IMPLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WOULD MEET PUBLIC ASPIRATIONS.
TIE IN OF MAJOR AND HONG
ΤΟ 1996 "THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMPLETION OF ROUTE 3 BY
AND THE ADDITION NEW AIRPORT. WITH THE OPENING OF THE
NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS SUCH AS THE RAIL LINK CONNECTING THE
LANTAU EXPRESSWAY KONG ISLAND, THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, NORTH IMPROVEMENTS TO EAST-WEST ROAD LINKS IN KOWLOON WILL GO A LONG WAY MEETING SUCH ASPIRATIONS.
TRANSPORT
"THESE PROJECTS WILL NOT ONLY SUPPORT FURTHER PORT AND
ALSO WILL
BRING CONSIDERABLE MR LEUNG SAID.
AND
IN
AIRPORT BENEFITS
DEVELOPMENTS BUT ALONG THE ALIGNMENTS.
HOWEVER. PUBLIC VIEWS
ON THE PROPOSED
ROAD USE MANAGEMENT
IMPROVING
THE
STRATEGY WERE DIVIDED.
MR LEUNG SAID ALTHOUGH SOME RECOGNISED THE THE GROWTIL AND USAGE OF VEHICLES. A MORE POPULAR VIEW WAS THAT
18 A LAST RESORT AND MEASURES SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
NEED FOR MANAGING
PRIORITY
FISCAL SHOULD
AND
PUBLIC
BE
GIVEN TO TRANSPORT,
"THIS SENTIMENT IS PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. HOWEVER,
HE SAID. ALSO TO BE REALISTIC,
WE
HAVE
ALREADY CARRIED 87
PER
FAR
HE POINTED OUT THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT CENT OF THE TOTAL DAILY PERSON TRIPS AND THERE WAS A LIMIT ON HOW FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS RESPECT COULD REDUCE PRIVATE CAR TRIPS.
/WHILE RECOGNISING