THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1987
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FUTURE OF KAI TAK AIRPORT BEING STUDIED
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A DECISION ON THE FUTURE OF KAI TAK AIRPORT WOULD BE MADE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE SECOND MEETING WITH MR GORDON WU OVER PLANS FOR A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AND OTHER RELATED PROJECTS, MR FORD SAID A WORKING GROUP WOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO WORK WITH MR WU'S PROPOSED PLANNERS TO DETERMINE HOW THE VARIOUS PROPOSED COMPONENTS COULD FIT INTO THE OVERALL GOVERNMENT STRATEGY.
THESE PLANNERS WOULD GET DOWN TO WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AND THEIR WORK WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS, HE ADDED.
MR FORD SAID THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT KAI TAK WAS BEING LOOKED AT, PLANS FOR REPLACEMENT AIRPORTS, INCLUDING CHEK LAP KOK AND MR WU'S PROPOSAL, WOULD BE LOOKED AT IN PARALLEL, +SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A DECISION ON KAI TAK, WE'LL THEN BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SECOND AIRPORT AT THE SAME TIME+.
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PRIVATE CONSORTIA TO BE INVITED FOR TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SOON INVITE INTERESTED CONSORTIA TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AS A PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECT FOLLOWING A RECENT DECISION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
+A NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE IN LATE MAY TO INVITE INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE PROPOSED TUNNEL LINKING EAST KOWLOON WITH SHA TIN WILL RUN FOR SOME 3.9 KILOMETRES UNDER TATE'S CAIRN BETWEEN DIAMOND HILL AND SIU LEK YUEN. IT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 1992.
+THE TUNNEL WILL PROVIDE TRAFFIC RELIEF TO LION ROCK TUNNEL AND WILL BE LINKED WITH THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE PROPOSED KWUN TONG BYPASS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES HAD GENERATED MUCH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THROUGH LION ROCK TUNNEL, THE CAPACITY OF WHICH WAS NOW REACHING SATURATION.
/+THE NEED
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