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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1987

GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO BUILD TUNNEL, QUICKLY: GOVERNOR

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THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO GET ON WITA THE BUILDING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AS QUICKLY AS IT POSSIBLY CAN IN VIEW OF THE CONGESTION ALONG THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF A VISIT TO WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID THE CONGESTION OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL WAS BAD AT THE MOMENT AND WAS LIKELY TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

WITH! THE BUILDING OF THE

"IT CAN ONLY BE SOLVED COMPLETELY TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL. HE STRESSED.

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REFERRING TO THE VISIT, SIR DAIVD SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE WORK BEING DONE TO IMPROVE THE HOUSING CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND THE DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE MARK 1 AND IT BLOCKS TO THE NEW FORM OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

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THE STATISTICS WHICH HAS IMPRESSED ME IS

THAT BY 1990, A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT ALONE WOULD HAVE THEIR HOUSING IMPROVED, HE NOTED.

NOTING THAT THERE WERE MORE SQUATTERS IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT THAN IN OTHER DISTRICTS, SIR DAVID SAID IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE то IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN THOSE SQUATTER AREAS BY BUILDING PARKS AND FIRE BREAKS AND BY BRINGING IN WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES.

"THESE ARE SHORT TERM MEASURES. IN THE LONG TERM, WE'LL GET TOP OF THE SQUATTER PROBLEM BY THE 1990'S,

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HE SAID.

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ASKED ABOUT HIS PLANS AFTER HE HAS COMPLETED TOURING THE 19 DISTRICTS, SIR DAVID SAID IE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS, FACTORY PROJECTS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS BEFORE RESUMING A PROGRAMME OF VISITS TO DISTRICTS LATER ON.

ASKED ABOUT A PETITION BY SOME RESIDENTS AT LOK FU ESTATE AGAINST A DECISION TO USE A SECTION OF THE PODIUM TO ERECT A SHOW FLAT FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE BASIC PROBLEM WAS TO MATCH UP TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.

"ONE IS THERE MUST BE SOMEWHERE TO SHOW WHAT SORT OF FLATS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. PEOPLE MUST BE ABLE TO SEE THE SORT OF FLAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO.' SIR DAVID SAID.

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IT HAS TO BE AT A CONVENIENT PLACE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

"LOOKING AROUND IT DID SEEM TO ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE BOTH OPEN AND COVERED FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, HE ADDED.

SPACE

SIR DAVID SATO THE HOUSING

CAREFULLY AT THE PROBLEM.

AUTHORITY WAS

LOOKING

VERY

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