XN000022-1987-01-15 — Page 2

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987

LINK WITH NORTHWEST NT TRANSPORT PRIORITY

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE PRIORITY IN CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORT FACILITIES is TO LINK UP URBAN AREAS AND THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW LO WU TERMINAL, HE SAID: THE PRIORITY REALLY IS TO DEVELOP A LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE NORTHWEST AND THEN TO LOK MA CHAU BRIDGE AND UP TO GUANGZHOU.

+SO THE FIRST THING IS REALLY WHAT IS KNOWN AS ROUTE X WHICH IS THE ROAD OR RAIL OR BOTH, FROM TSUEN WAN TO YUEN LONG. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NEXT.*

ON OTHER TRANSPORT FACILITY DEVELOPMENTS SIR DAVID NOTED THAT ONE OF THE OPTIONS IN THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES CONCERNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST OF HONG KONG.

+AS I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. AND ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES IS TO DEVELOP TO THE WESTWARD. AND IF WE DEVELOP TO THE WESTWARD, THEN THIS WOULD INVOLVE A WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, SO THESE PROPOSALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN PRELIMINARY STUDY DURING OUR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY,+ HE SAID.

ASKED WHETHER THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THIRD HARBOUR CROSSING WOULD ENHANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED NEW AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE THIRD HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE AIRPORT WERE NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED, AND HE BELIEVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT CAME FIRST,

ASKED TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD BE MADE TOMORROW, SIR DAVID SAID: I THINK YOU MIGHT NOT BE FAR WRONG IF I SAID THAT TOMORROW EVENING WE MIGHT KNOW THE RESULT.+

SIR DAVID OPENS LO WU TERMINAL

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THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS PASSING THROUGH LO WU HAS DOUBLED SINCE THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION'S ELECTRIFIED RAIL SERVICE TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE $110 MILLION LO WU TERMINAL THE CEREMONY MARKED COMPLETION OF REDEVELOPMENT OF LO WU STATION AT A TOTAL COST OF $260 MILLION.

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