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+ IF WE INSIST ON A FREE TRADE POLICY FOR INVESTMENT, WE SHOULD ALSO INSIST ON OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE BEST OF BOTH POLICIES, SHE SAID.
ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPING OF NEW TOWNS, MISS TAM SAID THE +SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY+ CONCEPT MAY NOT BE AS REALISTIC AS HAD BEEN HOPED.
SHE SUGGESTED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE THINKING OF DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS AS AN EXTENSION OF THE URBAN AREA AND MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE BY MASS TRANSPORT OR FIXED TRACK SYSTEMS FOR THE REGULAR COMMUTERS.
MISS TAM SAID SHE WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CONSTRUCT BOTH TUBES OF THE EAST KOWLOON TUNNEL, AS WELL AS THE KCRC AND THE MTR STUDIES ON THE FEASIBILITY OF A RAIL LINK BETWEEN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES AND TSUEN WAN.
SHE SAID THAT WITH A TWO-TUBE TUNNEL TO JUNK BAY, THE ECONOMIC COST TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF TRAVELLING TIME WOULD BE AFFORDABLE, BUT TO TIN SHUI WAI, +WE MUST ENSURE THAT TRAVELLING TIME FOR COMMUTERS MUST NOT BE UNREASONABLE, OR THE PROJECT MAY FAIL.+
PROPER TRANSPORT PLAN REQUIRED FOR NT
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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PRODUCE A FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON LAU WONG-FAT SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS, MR LAU SAID THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) SYSTEM WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, BUT APPARENTLY IT COULD NOT SATISFY PUBLIC NEEDS AS IT LINKED NEITHER WITH THE URBAN AREA NOR THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
HE SUGGESTED THAT TO LINK THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES WITH THE URBAN AREAS AND THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES, THE LRT COULD BE EXTENDED SOUTHWARDS TO JOIN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR) AT TSUEN WAN OR EASTWARDS TO CONNECT WITH THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (KCR),
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WAS FOR THE MTR AND KCR CORPORATIONS TO EXTEND THEIR SERVICE AREA TO LINK WITH THE LRT, MR LAU SAID.
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