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PR 13 4000039

香港政府

GIS新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUPPLEMENT

HE'S SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF SECOND LION

ROCK TUNNEL ON 18 JANUARY, 1978

tunnel.

It is a great pleasure to me to have been asked to open this

The growth and prosperity of new towns and both old and nw

communities in the New Territories depend on many things, but the es-

sential condition is improved communications. Hence the importance of

this new four lane highway from Kowloon to Shatin that will open shortly,

and the construction of a coastal extension of the highway from Shatin

to Tai Po that will start this year. Hence also the importance of the

progressive double tracking of the railesy.

This tunnel is only part of this rer cornications system that

by 1983 will serve 600,000 residents, but it is the most spectacular part

and it is embolic. Cur north-east in an area of great beauty and great

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potential for development and for recreation; this is its gateway, and

It must be our through it increased wealth and opportunity will flow.

task to ensure that these benefit original inhabitants and new residents

alike, and that they enable new communities to grow and prosper in new

and attractive conditions unthought of in the 50s when the congested

urban areas were built up.

We are all grateful for the expertise and energy of the Public

Works Department and their engineers, contractors and workmen who have

built this tunnel and its accompanying works, and thus op med up for all

of us these new and exciting opportunities.

It is with the greatest pleasure therefore that I fcclare this

second Lion Rock Tunnel open.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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