FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1992
BOARD EXPLAINS CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 PROPOSAL
THE TOWN TSING YI
IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES ON A DECISION BY PLANNING BOARD (TPB) TODAY (FRIDAY) NOT TO AMEND THE DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN IN RELATION TO THE CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 PROPOSAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID:
"AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION DETAILED CONSULTANCY STUDIES ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 (CT-9) ON SOUTHEAST TSING YI, THE TPB IS OF THE VIEW THAT IT 18 THE ONLY SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONTAINER TERMINAL TO MEET THE PROJECTED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE TERRITORY.
NETWORK PROPOSED
"THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT UNDERTAKEN IN RELATION ΤΟ THE CT-9 DEVELOPMENT INDICATES THAT THE EXISTING AND PLANNED ROAD WILL HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT.
"IN PARTICULAR, TWO LANES OF THE FOUR-LANE DUPLICATE SOUTHERN TSING YI BRIDGE WILL, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST PROGRAMME, BE COMPLETED AND OPEN TO TRAFFIC IN JUNE 1995 TO TIE IN WITH THE COMMISSIONING THE FIRST BERTH OF CT-9, WHILST THE WHOLE BRIDGE WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY 1996 BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF CT-9 IN EARLY 1997.
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"THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT UNDERTAKEN IN RELATION THE CT-9 DEVELOPMENT INDICATES THAT WITH THE PROVISION OF THE RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASURES, WHICH WILL BE ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENT, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPATIBLE ENVIRONMENTALLY WITH THE EXISTING SURROUNDING LAND USES.
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146 CAUGHT IN OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
A TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION JOINTLY MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS RECENTLY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 146 PERSONS.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, 129 WERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT THE BORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO SAN UK LING FOR REPATRIATION.
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THE REMAINING 17 HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THOSE FOUND ΤΟ BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
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