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Wednesday, July 4, 1973

WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY

The Government plans to table in the Legislative Council a White

Paper containing specific proposals of an overall transport policy.

The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, told the Council

this afternoon that the proposals in the White Paper, a draft of which is

now in an advanced state of preparation, are grouped around the following

three essential elements:

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The provision of as much road capacity as is feasible

in the densely populated urban areas;

The improvement (and the rationalisation) of the public transport facilities;

and

The application of measures to make the best use of

Available road capacity.

The Financial Secretary, who was replying to a question by the

Hon. Wilson Wang said that in addition, the government has put in hand a major

study to up-date the various transport studies and statistics,

"The purpose of this study is to revise our present predictions of

the demands likely to be made on different sectors of the developing transport

system over time so that the content of, and the balance between, the three

main elements of our overall transport policy can be appropriately determined."

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