THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1984
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GOVERNOR OPENS FIRST SECTION OF ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR
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THE FIRST SECTION OF HONG KONG'S MOST AMBITIOUS ROAD PROJECT TO DATE - THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR - WAS OPENED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, JUST UNDER THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER WORK ON BUILDING IT STARTED.
THE SECTION RUNS FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAIKOO SHING, A
DISTANCE OF 3.7 KILOMETRES.
THERE ARE INTERSECTIONS AT HING FAT STREET, TONG SHUI ROAD AND HEALTHY STREET AND AN INTERCHANGE AT TAIKOO SHING.
THE SECOND STAGE WILL RUN FROM TAIKOO SHING TO SHAU KEI WAN AND IS DUE TO OPEN NEXT YEAR, WHILE THE FINAL STAGE TO CHAI WAN WILL OPEN TOWARDS THE END OF 1987.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, SIR EDWARD SAID THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG-TERM PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
+OUR POPULATION DENSITY AND OUR SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH HAVE RESULTED IN A TRAFFIC DENSITY THOUGHT TO BE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD, HE SAID.
+TO IMPROVE THE ROAD NETWORK IS THEREFORE A PRIORITY TASK.+
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT SOME $1 400 MILLION PER YEAR ON IMPROVING THE ROAD SYSTEM, AND IT FULLY INTENDED TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF THE PROGRAMME IN FUTURE YEARS.
SIR EDWARD SAID APART FROM THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS WERE IN TRAIN.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE CIRCULAR ROAD FROM SHA TIN TO SHEUNG SHUI WOULD BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, SO ALSO WOULD THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS.
IN KOWLOON, THE MAJOR ROAD LINKS AND INTERCHANGES WITH THE AIRPORT TUNNEL HAD BEEN COMPLETED OR WERE NEARING COMPLETION, AND WORK WAS CONTINUING ON THE CORNWALL STREET INTERCHANGE AND THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
+THESE ARE ALL LONG-TERM PROJECTS, WHICH EXEMPLIFY THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE, SIR EDWARD
SAID.
THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR WOULD BE WELCOMED BY THE HALF A MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN EASTERN DISTRICT.
+FOR A LONG TIME, THEY HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN KING'S ROAD AND JAVA ROAD.
/+THE COMPLETION
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