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Wednesday, August 1, 1973

"A crash programme in this respect should and must be instituted. ЕГ

The traditional concrete roundabouts and elevated structures,

he said, often took many years to complete.

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Another Councillor, the Hon. Wilson Wang said he supported the

bill but not because of the traffic problems in the areas.

He noted that the bill would allow a "breathing" time for the

Public Works Department to formulate some effective ways of control

on any future construction work involving excavation of hill-sides 60

as to avoid any recurrence of landslide disasters in the area,

He felt that the present traffic conditions alone could not

justify a temporary halt to further development in this area in view

of the urgent demand for housing.

There were many measures by which traffic could be improved,

and the construction of more roads and flyovers and the improvement of

public transport service were most obvious.

In reply, the acting Director of Public Works, the Hon. A.S. Robertson,

said the problem now is to "build more houses as well as better homes." For

this reason his department was giving close attention to the possibilities

of making additional land available for private housing in the Kowloon

foothills and in Sha Tin.

This was in addition to building up its effort for the more rapid

completion of public housing and provision of land for private development

in the new towns.

"The new towns