WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990
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TRAFFIC PATTERN OF EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING STILL DEVELOPING
PATTERN
UTILISATION RATE
TO THE LEVELS
IS TUNNEL
STILL LEUNG, SAID
OF
THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE
OF THE GF TOLLS CHARGED AS THE TRAFFIC DEVELOPING, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE AVERAGE 28,000 VEHICLES USING THE EASTERN HARBOUR
WAS NOT
FAR REMOVED FROM
TOO
EACH DAY LAST MONTH ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF 33,000 IN 1990, MR LEUNG SAID IN QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT.
CROSSING THE COMPANY'S REPLYING TO A
AT THE THESE TUNNEL, NUMBER OF VEHICLES FIVE MONTHS, MR LEUNG
ALTHOUGH SOME CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES WERE CHARGED MORE
HARBOUR THE CROSS EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING THAN CONSTITUTED LESS THAN 13 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PASSING THROUGH BOTH TUNNELS DURING THE PAST SAID.
THE BULK OF SUCH TRAFFIC WAS MADE UP OF LIGHT AND MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES.
PRIVATE CARS, TAXIS,
CROSSING WERE THE CROSS PAYABLE AT THE
THE TOLLS THEY PAID AT THE EASTERN HARBOUR
THAN, THOSE SAME AS, OR IN SOME CASES LOWER HARBOUR TUNNEL.
AT THIS STAGE TO DRAW ANY PREMATURE MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS
AS PARTICULARLY
THE TUNNEL HAD CONCLUSIONS ON THE TRAFFIC FIGURES,
PATTERN HAD YET BEEN OPEN FOR JUST OVER FIVE MONTHS AND THE TRAFFIC TO BE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED.
ASSESSMENT OF MANPOWER NEEDS BEING STUDIED
AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
WHICH
MANPOWER COMMITTEE
SET UP
UP TO ASSESS RECENTLY DELIVERED
BY STUDIED
THE
HONG KONG'S MEDIUM TERM MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS HAS
BEING CAREFULLY ARE NOW ITS MAIN FINDINGS EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH.
K.Y. YEUNG, THIS COUNCIL
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON
TOLD THE COMMITTEE, APPOINTED
THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EDWARD HO.
WHO
MR YEUNG SAID IT WAS TOO EARLY TO GO INTO DETAILS.
"SUFFICE
IDENTIFIED,
THAT NO SERIOUS IT TO SAY
THAT AND
THE FINDINGS CONFIRM CONTINUOUS GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT AMONGST HIGHLY
PEOPLE.
MIS-MATCH
HAS BEEN OF THE LIKELIHOOD EDUCATED AND TRAINED
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