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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN YUEN LONG ENTERS NEW ERA
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AS TIN SHUT WAI NEW TOWN IS NEARING COMPLETION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN YUEN LONG WILL BE ENTERING A NEW ERA, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL, HE SAID THE NEW TOWN WILL HOUSE 140,000 PEOPLE.
NOTING THAT THE POPULATION INCREASE WILL INEVITABLY BRING ABOUT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, MR SUEN GAVE HIS ASSURANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS WORKING ON A SOLUTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO THE PLANNED ROUTE THREE, THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND OPENED TO ROAD USERS, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG EAST CORRIDOR WILL BE COMPLETED THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD, HE ADDED.
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"FURTHERMORE, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOWS IN YUEN LONG TOWN, WORK THE SOUTHERN BYPASS IS BEING CARRIED OUT AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1994, WHEN THE WHOLE NEW TERRITORIES WEST WILL BE LINKED UP BY A WELL-DEVELOPED TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, HE SAID.
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