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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989

BEST

MAINTAINED "THAT THE MOMENTUM OF OUR BUILDING PROGRAMME IS

THE ILLUSTRATED BY

TOTAL VALUE

PUBLIC OF ALL

AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR

WHICH 1992,

STANDS AT NEARLY $23

IS

HIGHWAY-RELATED COMMITTED FOR COMPLETION BEFORE BILLION, HE SAID.

ALLEVIATING GROWTH

"MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL FOR CONGESTION ON SOME OF OUR BUSY CORRIDORS AND FOR THE CONTINUED OF OUR ECONOMY, BUT ALSO IN MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S UNIQUE POSITION AS AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER OF CHINA.

PARALLEL WITH

THE

AND

EXPANSION WOULD CONTINUE INCLUDING

MR LEUNG SAID THAT IN IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, MUCH EFFORT TO BE SPENT IN IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, DEVISING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MEASURES APPLYING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY.

AND

HE POINTED OUT THAT SUCH SCHEMES WERE OFTEN SMALL AND LOCALISED THAT THE IN NATURE, BUT THEIR OVERALL CUMULATIVE EFFECT WOULD ENSURE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND NETWORK WERE PROVIDED IN AN EFFICIENT AND COST- EFFCTIVE MANNER.

MR LEUNG SAID THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S

ON OTHER ASPECTS IN ENHANCING EFFICIENCY,

TO CONTRACT OUT GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRES AND PARKING METERS.

DRIVING

VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE LICENCES FROM THREE YEARS TO A LONGER PERIOD WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED, HE SAID.

90 PER CENT OF POPULATION TO REMAIN IN HK: SASI

* *

MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION WHO ARE REMAIN IN HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE WILL ENJOY A HIGHER LIVING, AN IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT, ENHANCED EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION. THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE I WEDNESDAY).

AND, HE SAID, THEY WOULD ENJOY THE SHEER THRILL THE MOST VIBRANT CITY IN THE WORLD.

EXPECTED

то

STANDARD OF

AND TRAINING SERVICES AND COUNCIL TODAY

OF LIVING IN

SPEAKING IN THE RESUMED BUDGET DEBATE, MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT EMIGRATION A SUBJECT IN WHICH MANY MEMBERS HAD TOUCHED ON WAS NOT A PROBLEM.

"IT IS .....