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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

THE GOVERNOR ALSO OUTLINED IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO EASE THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS TO AND FROM CHINA.

HE SAID ROAD CROSSING FACILITIES WOULD SOON BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED BY THE LOK MA CHAU CROSSING AND THIS WOULD INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD.

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DIRECTLY

WHEN THE SECOND SPAN OF THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED IN 1989, HE SAID THERE WOULD THEN BE A TOTAL CAPACITY AT ALL BORDER CROSSINGS OF ABOUT 50,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, COMPARED WITH SOME 9,000 AT PRESENT.

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FOR SEA PASSENGERS, HE ADDED, THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW CHINA FERRY TERMINAL IN CANTON ROAD IN MID-1988 WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO MEET DEMAND INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID CONDITIONS FOR CROSS BORDER RAIL PASSENGERS WERE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN THE NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AT LO WU WAS OPENED EARLY THIS YEAR.

"A FURTHER EXTENSION IS NOW BEING PLANNED TO COPE WITH ANTICIPATED FUTURE GROWTH IN TRAFFIC. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS' TIME,' SIR DAVID SAID.

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IN ADDITION, THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE KCRC FREIGHT YARD IN HUNG HOM BAY WOULD MUCH IMPROVE THE INCREASING VOLUME OF FREIGHT COMING FROM CHINA BY RAIL.

POPULATION ADEQUATELY HOUSED BY 2001

THE

WHOLE OF HONG

KONG'S POPULATION

IS

EXPECTED

TO

BE

WILSON, TOLD THE

ADEQUATELY HOUSED BY 2001, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SAID HOUSING

WAS

HE

ANOTHER KEY

OF

THE PART

SOCIAL 1972 OF HOUSING 1.8 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE TARGET SET IN PEOPLE HAD NOW BEEN EXCEEDED.

"BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WAY TO GO BEFORE WE ACHIEVE OUR AIM

FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT PROVIDING ADEQUATE HOUSING

OF

AFFORDABLE

PRICES

/WE MUST