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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1987

GOVERNOR: TRANSPORT PLANNING NO EASY TASK

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IT HAD BEEN NO EASY TASK TO KEEP THE BUILDING OF ROADS, AND WHERE NECESSARY TUNNELS AND BRIDGES, IN STEP WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS AND THE CONSEQUENT DRAMATIC INCREASES

SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID POPULATION AND TRAFFIC, THE GOVERNOR, (THURSDAY) MORNING.

IN

THIS

TSING TSUEN BRIDGE,

AND TOOK PLACK

THE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SIR DAVID SAID SOMETIMES THESE INCREASES WERE LARGER QUICKER THAN EXPECTED.

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ON

THE TSING

'THE RESULT IS CONGESTION, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE YI SOUTH BRIDGE AND AS IS STILL THE CASE IN THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, ADDED.

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CONGESTION "THIS PROBLEM OF ILLUSTRATES VIVIDLY THE IMPORTANCE, AND COORDINATING THE PLANNING OF ROADS AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

ON THE FIRST

THE

OTHER

TI TSING

DIFFICULTY, INDUSTRIAL

BRIDGE

OF

AND

A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC

"FACED WITH THIS SITUATION, THE GOVERNMENT PUTS OF EFFORT INTO PLANNING TRANSPORT LINKS AND A GREAT AMOUNT MONEY INTO BUILDING THEM."

$5 BILLION ON SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO SPEND

AND IT INCLUDED THE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,

HARBOUR CROSSING, THE ROUTE OPENING OF THE EASTERN

5 TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN, THE TUEN MUN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD, MA CHAU BORDER LINK AND THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

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THE LOK

PROBLEM OF

GROWS BUT THEY DO KEEPING

SIR DAIVD SAID: "THESE PROJECTS WILL NOT SOLVE THE CONGESTION THAT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US SO LONG AS OUR ECONOMY AS RAPIDLY AS, HAPPILY, IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN GROWING

THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES ΤΟ ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE THAT TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE MOVING.

SIR YI,

DAVID SAID TURNING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING

ONE

AN ISLAND WITH BRIDGE WAS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH FOR

POPULATION OF WOULD RELIEVE PRESSURE 90,000 AND THE OPENING OF THIS SECOND BRIDGE ON THE FIRST ONE.

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"THIS WILL I KNOW BE A GREAT RELIEF TO THOSE WHO LIVE AND IN TSING YI,

"IT ALSO OPENS UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

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WORK

IN

THAT PLANNING

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE FOR FUTURE TRANSPORT EXPANSION KEPT PACE WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

/SIR DAVID