THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1987
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE BAN IN RESPECT OF MA ON SHAN WOULD BE REVIEWED WHEN ADDITIONAL ROAD LINKS WERE PROVIDED TO MA ON SHAN NEXT YEAR.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PRINCIPAL ACCESS ROUTES TO MA ON SHAN. WHOSE POPULATION INTAKE HAS JUST BEGUN, WERE SIU LEK YUEN ROAD AND TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD, BOTH PASSING THROUGH SHA TIN AND WERE CLOSED TO NT TAXIS.
+ACCESS FROM SAI KUNG TO MA ON SHAN VIA SAI SHA ROAD WILL BE POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN THE NAI CHUNG LINK ROAD IS COMPLETED IN 1988, HE SAID.
AS REGARDS JUNK BAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNTIL THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL OPENED IN 1989, THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCESS ROUTE TO THIS NEW TOWN WOULD BE PO LAM ROAD, PASSING THROUGH PARTS OF THE URBAN AREA CURRENTLY PROHIBITED TO NT TAXIS.
IT WAS CONSIDERED MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEW TOWN TO BE SERVED BY URBAN TAXIS AS MOST EXTERNAL TAXI JOURNEYS WERE EXPECTED TO INVOLVE TRAVEL TO AND FROM KOWLOON.
+ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS OF JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WHEN POPULATION INTAKE BEGINS LATER THIS YEAR,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TO PROHIBIT ACCESS OF NT TAXIS TO JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING RESTRICTIONS IN THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT, NT TAXIS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ANDERSON ROAD, THE ROAD LEADING FROM CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD TO CLEAR WATER BAY FILM STUDIOS BEYOND A POINT 170 METRES FROM THE JUNCTION AND ALL NEW ROADS LEADING FROM HANG HAU ROAD INTO JUNK BAY NEW TOWN. IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE EXISTING OPERATION OF NT TAXIS ON HANG HAU ROAD.
NO AMENDMENT TO THE NT TAXI BOUNDARIES WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A BAN ON NT TAXIS FROM MA ON SHAN.
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