WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
+MAJOR HIGHWAYS PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NT CIRCULAR ROUTE FROM FAN KAM ROAD TO AU TAU, DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1991.+
HE NOTED THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WITH A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TRUNK ROAD, CONNECTING THE AREA WITH THE EXISTING NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AND THE NEW BORDER CROSSING AT LOK MA CHAU, DUE TO OPEN IN 1988,
IN ADDITION, A NEW DUAL CARRIAGEWAY BYPASS, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1991, WAS BEING PROVIDED TO RELIEVE INCREASING CONGESTION ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN.
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT LINKS, MR LAN SAID THE TWO RAILWAY CORPORATIONS WOULD HAVE COMPLETED STUDIES OF A POSSIBLE EXTERNAL RAIL LINK TO THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
+ONCE THESE STUDIES ARE COMPLETED, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO ASSESS MORE ACCURATELY WHETHER THE LINE WOULD BE VIABLE AND, IF IT IS, WHEN IT SHOULD BE BUILT, + HE SAID.
+MEANWHILE, THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF BUS LINKS WITH THE URBAN AREA ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KMB ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.+
NEW BUS LINKS TO TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON WERE ADDED TO MATCH ANY INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THE AREA, HE ADDED.
COMPUTERS WILL SIMPLIFY STORAGE OF LAND INFORMATION ******
THE INTRODUCTION OF A COMPUTERISED LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE URBAN AREA SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS' TIME THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MR BARNES SAID THAT AT PRESENT NO PRACTICABLE METHOD EXISTED FOR ASCERTAINING EITHER THE NUMBER OF LOTS OR THE AREA OF LAND NOT YET DEVELOPED TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL, WITHOUT A DISPROPORTIONATE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES.
SUCH DETAILS SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE WHEN LAND INFORMATION WAS COMPUTERISED.
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