TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
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BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR COMMITMENTS TO PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FROM TIME TO TIME REVIEW INDIVIDUAL TARGETS. I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PROGRESS WE MAKE IN DEALING WITH TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS. I KNOW THAT IN A NUMBER OF THOSE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS THE FACILITIES FOR FAMILIES, THE ACCOMMODATION, IS A GREAT DEAL LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN ANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES OF COURSE, BUT THE MORE RAPIDLY WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS IN DEALING WITH THEM THE BETTER. HAVE SET OURSELVES A TARGET OF ELIMINATING ABOUT 70 PERCENT OVER 70 PERCENT BY 1997, AND I WILL WANT TO LOOK FROM TIME TO AT WHETHER WE CAN MAKE MORE RAPID PROGRESS THAN THAT.
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MR PRESIDENT, IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS YOU TALK ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN RELATION TO PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD BROUGHT AND YET YOU SEEM TO HAVE IGNORED THE TRANSPORT PROBLEM AS I IT UP WITH YOU WHEN I MET YOU IN PERSON, AND YOU ALSO TOLD ME THAT YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE ISSUE LATER. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT PIECE OF GOOD NEWS TO COME OUR WAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND YET BEFORE THAT CAME, WE'VE HEARD A PIECE OF BAD NEWS, THAT IS THE BUILDING OF CT9 AND ITS EFFECT AND MID-STREAM HANDLING OF CARGO HAS BEEN EFFECTED AND WE ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE OF 2,000 LORRY TRIPS PER DAY AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY ADVERSELY AFFECT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN TUEN MUN. NOT TOO LONG AGO LEGCO CARRIED A MOTION ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN NT-WEST AND IT SEEMS AS IF WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR PLANS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND IF MID-STREAM HANDLING OF CARGO IS TO BE MOVED TO TUEN MUN THAT AGAIN WILL AFFECT THE SITUATION. SO I HOPE THAT YOU, MR PRESIDENT, WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND VETO THE PROPOSAL TO USE AREA 16 FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND THEN WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN NT-WEST AND COME UP WITH SPECIFIC PLANS. WE HOPE THAT THE WAIT WILL NOT GO ON ANYMORE,
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR SOMETHING CONCRETE FROM YOU TODAY, AND I AM SURE THAT WILL BE A PIECE OF GOOD NEWS TO THE 600,000 NOW IN NT-WEST AND TOGETHER WITH TIN SHUI WAT THAT WILL HIT THE ONE MILLION MARK THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL GET NEW YEAR GIFT FROM YOU.
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COURSE, ANXIOUS RESPOND AS POSITIVELY AS POSSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT ME TO MAKE MORE SPEECHES. *THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS CORRECT IN SAYING THAT I HAVE SAID TO HIM AND OTHERS IN THE PAST, THAT I HOPED SHORTLY TO BE ABLE TO I VERY MAKE A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE SPEECH ABOUT TRANSPORT STRATEGY. MUCH HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AFTER THE BUDGET AND AFTER STRATEGIC
HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND RELATED MATTERS FOR THE COMING YEAR,
WAS BECAUSE I RECOGNISE THAT IT ONE OF THE GAPS IN MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SPEECH IN OCTOBER, AND A GAP WHICH MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE ME TO FILL.. I WAS STRUCK BY THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ON TRANSPORT AT MY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PERHAPS NOT SURPRISED THAT SO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT 1 RECEIVED WERE ABOUT IMPROVING
IMPROVING TRANSPORT IN THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES, BETWEEN THOSE LINKS
WHO LIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND WORKPLACES, VERY OFTEN IN THE DOWNTOWN INNER CITY AREAS.
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