FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1991
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AIRPORT PROJECTS SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES
MANY OF THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED
PURPOSES,
DIRECTOR THE
MR OFFICE,
RAFAEL
MULTIPLE CO-ORDINATION (THURSDAY).
WITH THE OF THE NEW HUI, SAID IN
NEW
AIRPORT
SERVE PROJECTS AIRPORT AUSTRIA YESTERDAY
AIRPORT, REPLACEMENT
THEY
THE HE SAID APART FROM SUPPORTING ALSO MET THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT NEEDS OF HONG KONG,
BE WOULD
MR HUI TOLD THE EUROPE/ASIA CONFERENCE 1991 IN VIENNA THAT THE HONG KONG'S THIRD WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, FOR EXAMPLE, CROSSING AS THE SECOND CROSSING, OPENED IN 1989, WAS EXPECTED TO REACH CAPACITY IN 1996.
"SIMILARLY,
THE MASSIVE
RECLAMATION IN WEST KOWLOON WILL URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL LAND TO IMPROVE
PENINSULA, AS THE KOWLOON
WELL AS
SPACE PROVIDING
FOR A KEY. AND HONG KONG NORTH-SOUTH DIRECT HIGH-SPEED ROAD LINK YETWEEN CHINA ISLAND.
AS
"OPENING UP AND DEVELOPING LANTAU ISLAND IS ALSO INEVITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FACILITIES AND
MOVE HAVE TO INFRASTRUCTURE NO WESTWARDS BECAUSE THERE IS SIMPLY
AVAILABLE AND SUITABLE SPACE ELSEWHERE AND BECAUSE THIS
WITH DIRECTION WILL DOVETAIL BETTER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY.
"THE NEXT MAJOR PORT AND CONTAINER EXAMPLE, WILL BE IN NORTHEAST LANTAU.
"BY TYING ALL THESE PROJECTS FACT ADOPTING A PROJECT, WE ARE IN
COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH IMPORTANT, INFRASTRUCTURE, MR HUI SAID.
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PORT DEVELOPMENT,
FOR
WITH THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT
RATIONAL STRATEGIC,
IN DEVELOPING
AND
MOST
OUR
NEW
HE SAID IN ADDITION TO THE AIRPORT RELATED PROJECTS, GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO PLANNING TO INVEST IN OTHER MAJOR PROGRAMMES
ENVIRONMENT, WATER SUPPLY, ÁS PORT DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, THE TOWN DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND REHABILITATION AND TRANSPORT.
MAJOR PROJECTS
THE IN
PIPELINE INCLUDED
A
THE SUCH NEW
BILLION HK$20 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME, HK$2.8 BILLION FOR EXPANDING OUR BILLION FOR BUILDING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR WATER FROM CHINA, HK$1
THIRD OUR
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND HK$4.6 BILLION
PROVIDING FOR RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS..
MR HUI SAID TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN THESE AREAS, TOGETHER WITH RESOURCES ALLOWED FOR LAND ACQUISITION, MAJOR SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT USED BY THE GOVERNMENT WERE ESTIMATED TO AMOUNT TO A MASSIVE HK$140 BILLION IN THE PERIOD UP TO 1997, AN AVERAGE OF BACH YEAR,
HK$21
BILLION
/"OBVIOUSLY, IN