WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,
, 1990
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TRANSPORT STRATEGY FOR NEW DECADE UNVEILED
THE
GOVERNMENT'S BROAD TRANSPORT STRATEGY DECADE WAS UNVEILED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG.
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FOR THE COMING (WEDNESDAY) BY
ENTITLED "MOVING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY" THE WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY IN HONG KONG IS THE CULMINATION OF AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE LAST YEAR.
FORECAST
MR LEUNG TOLD THE COUNCIL THE GREEN PAPER'S TRANSPORT HAD BBEN REVISED AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME SUBSTANTIALLY EXPANDED AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION ON THE NEW AIRPORT.
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HE SAID THAT PLANNED PROJECTS NOW INCLUDED THE AIRPORT RAILWAY, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND
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ROADS TO NEW PORT FACILITIES ON TSING VI AND STONECUTTERS ISLANDS AND AT TUEN MUN.
COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS WAS PLANNED FOR MID-19908 ΤΟ TIE IN WITH THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK BY 1997.
MR LEUNG SAID THE WHITE PAPER ADDRESSED THE PURLIC COMMENTS FOR BETTER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN TRANSPORT AND LAND USE PLANNING ON THREE FRONTS:
* COMMERCIAL
AS
FAR AS
FACILITIES WILL BE SPREAD OUT PRACTICABLE TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR LONG JOURNEYS;
* STRATEGIC ROAD AND RAJL CONNECTIONS WILL BE PLANNED
UP THE MAJOR RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS: AND
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* LONG-TERM PLANS WELL BE DEVISED ΤΟ ENSURE THAT FUTURE LAND-USE DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE EXISTING AND PLANNED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
"THE METROPLAN STUDY, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THE URBAN RENEWAL SCHEMES WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THIS OBJECTIVE, MR LEUNG SAID.
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ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY WAS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES. BOTH IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY, TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC REMAINED WILLING AND ABLE TO TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
HE SAID THAT EFFECTIVE CO-ORDINATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WAS ESSENTIAL IF THESE OBJECTIVES WERE TO BE ACHIEVED.
/MR LEUNG