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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1991
MEASURES IN HAND TO HELP TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT CONTAINER TERMINALS
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ARISING FROM QUEUING AND PARKING AT CONTAINER TERMINALS WOULD BE HELPED BY THE INCREASED PROVISION OF TOTAL TERMINAL AREA FOR THE NEWER TERMINALS.
IN ADDITION, STEPS ARE IN HAND TO FIND ADDITIONAL OFF-TERMINAL LAND TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL OF QUEUING AND PARKING AREAS AT THE EARLIER TERMINALS.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ON THE QUESTION REGARDING THE LAND USE OF CONTAINER TERMINALS, MR BARNES SAID THERE WAS NO SPECIFIED RATIO BETWEEN A CONTAINER TERMINAL AND ITS CONTAINER HANDLING AREA.
"HOWEVER, MORE VEHICLE PARKING AND QUEUING AREAS WITHIN THE TERMINALS THAN WERE PROVIDED IN EARLIER TERMINALS IS REQUIRED IN THE LEASE TERMS OF TERMINAL 8 AND WOULD BE REQUIRED IN FUTURE SALES, SAID.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT IN TERMINAL 8 WHICH WAS SOLD IN MARCH YEAR AND THE PLANNED TERMINAL 9, THE RATIO OF THE TOTAL TERMINAL TO THE NUMBER OF BERTHS HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM 11 HECTARES TO ABOUT
15 HECTARES PER BERTH.
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MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT A CONTAINER TERMINAL WHICH NORMALLY COMPRISES MORE THAN ONE BERTH, WAS CONTROLLED BY A SET OF LEASE CONDITIONS.
THESE CONDITIONS, HE SAID, SPECIFIED THE PREPARATION OF A CONCEPT OR MASTER PLAN TO THE GOVERNMENT'S SATISFACTION COVERING THE LAYOUT OF THE WHOLE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE VEHICLE PARKING AND WAITING AREAS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS ALL BUILDINGS ON THE SITE.
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FURTHER NOTED THAT MONITORING ON THE SPECIFIED USE OF THE LAND WAS DONE THROUGH LEASE ENFORCEMENT.
"ALL THE TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE TERMS OF THEIR LEASE CONDITIONS AND HENCE NO LEASE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES HAVE PROVED NECESSARY, HE SAID,
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