TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993
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NO REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE ON ROADWORKS
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY) DENIED A STATEMENT MADE BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HK AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION IN A PRESS REPORT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT IN THE NEW AIRPORT LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE ON ROADWORKS AND A MASS DETERIORATION OF ROAD SYSTEM.
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REGRETTED THAT THE STATEMENT WAS MADE BASIS OF SOME ROUGH FIGURES IN THE 1990 TRANSPORT WHITE PAPER WHICH HAVE NOW BECOME OUTDATED.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND $7 BILLION ON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. THIS ALMOST DOUBLES THE ROUGH ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF $3.7 BILLION IN THE WHITE PAPER.
ON TOP OF THIS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED TO BUILDING EXTRA CLIMBING LANES ON TUEN MUN ROAD AT A COST OF $1 BILLION AND PLEDGED TO CONTRIBUTE $4 BILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE-3 COUNTRY PARK SECTION.
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ON ROAD MAINTENANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID EXPENDITURE FOR 1993/94 AMOUNT TO $569 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 6.5 PER CENT OVER LAST
IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND ANOTHER $220 MILLION ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION WORK THIS YEAR.
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TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF AVAILABLE ROAD SPACE, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO COMMITTED TO INTRODUCING MODERN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE URBAN AREA.
THERE ARE PLANS TO INSTALL A $66 MILLION AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND ΤΟ REPLACE THE EXISTING SYSTEM IN KOWLOON BY 1995 AT A COST OF $130 MILLION.
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MTR INCIDENT
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MTR INCIDENT THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE MTRC CHAIRMAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERN.
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"HE HAS ALSO ASKED THE CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER OF RAILWAY ΤΟ UNDERTAKE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION APART FROM THE ONE BEING CONDUCTED SEPARATELY BY THE MTRC. THE SECRETARY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING SEPARATE REPORTS FROM THE CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER OF RAILWAY AND THE MTRC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
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