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THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON ROADS IN THE PAST DECADE WAS $12 BILLION AND THE TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE 1980'S WAS ABOUT $30 BILLION, HE SAID.
THE TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL HAS TAKEN FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE AT A COST OF $600 MILLION AND ITS 900-METRE LONG TWIN TUBE TUNNEL PROVIDES TWO TRAFFIC LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
"ITS OPENING TODAY MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF MAJOR WORKS IN THE TSUI LAM AREA OF THE NEW TOWN. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REST OF TSEUNG KWAN O IS GOING ON AT A RAPID PACE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE SAID RECLAMATION WORK FOR THE FUTURE TOWN CENTRE STARTED IN AND MORE OPEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY FACILITY PROJECTS WERE BEING CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INCREASING POPULATION.
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"LAND FORMATION WILL SOON BEGIN TO ENABLE THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND AN EXTENSION TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS TO PROCEED,
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL, ADDING THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT OWED MUCH TO THE SKILL AND HARD WORK OF THE ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS.
THE TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL ROAD IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS OF THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE ROAD SYSTEM COMPRISES A 900-METRE-LONG TUNNEL, A 200-METRE- LONG VIADUCT ABOVE A VALLEY AND ANCILLARY APPROACH ROADS.
THE TUNNEL IS DESIGNED AS A TWIN TUBE, EACH HAVING TWO LANE CARRIAGEWAY TO PROVIDE AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 3,700 VEHICLES PER HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION. THE DESIGN SPEED FOR THE TRAFFIC IN THE TUNNEL AND FOR THE APPROACH ROADS IS 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.
THE TUNNEL WILL SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL ROAD CONNECTION LINKING KWUN TONG IN THE KOWLOON URBAN AREA AT THE WESTERN END, WITH THE NEW TOWN AT THE EASTERN END.
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ALSO PROVIDES A ROUTE FOR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, TELEPHONE LINES, GAS SUPPLY AND TWO VERY LARGE WATER MAINS SUPPLYING EAST KOWLOON FROM THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS IN SAI KUNG.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK; THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG; THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN; AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, SOUTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES, DR CHOI YU-LEUK.
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