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MONDAY. AUGUST 21. 1989

RENEWAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A BETTER HK * * * * *

ΤΟ SPEND TENS OF BILLIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED

THAT HONG DOLLARS IN BUILDING AN ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE KONG ENTERS THE 21ST CENTURY WITH THE FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IT

MR WORKS,

BARNES, NEEDS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS TODAY (MONDAY).

AND

GRAHAM

"WITHOUT A RENEWAL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL BE UNABLE

WHICH HELP'S A

AND ECONOMY SYSTEM PLAY THE ESSENTIAL PART OF EXPANSION OF CHINA, A ROLE ON WHICH OUR FUTURE DEPENDS," HE SAID.

MR

SPEAKING

AT A LUNCHEON

MEETING BARNES WAS ASSOCIATION OF CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.

MR

SAID

ΤΟ

THE

OF

THE

SAID FIRST RENEWAL,

HARNES OF THIS ON THE BASICS FOREMOST WAS THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL PORT FACILITIES THAT BE COPED WITH.

AND

HAD

то

"ALTHOUGH WE

AIRPORT STRATEGY HAVE YET ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE MASSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION OF OFF NORTH LANTAU, WEST OF CASTLE PEAK AND ELSEWHERE, THROUGH WHICH

WITHOUT EVEN OUR THROUGHPUT. QUADRUPLE COULD MORE THAN LINKS THIS COULD COST OVER $40 BILLION,

THE TO CHOOSE

WE

THE PORT

WE

TRANSPORT

HE SAID.

KONG

MUST BEEF UP

THE BASIC

SECONDLY, MR BARNES SAID HONG ROUTES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE URBAN AREAS AND THE PORT.

BUILD WE

AIRPORT,

WILL

STILL

WE THE "FOR THIS, WHEREVER REQUIRE A FIXED CROSSING (THAT IS A BRIDGE OR A TUNNEL) FROM TSING TO LANTAU AND A SUPER HIGHWAY RIGHT DOWN FROM THE BORDER TO HONG ISLAND," HE ADDED.

YI

KONG

KOK WOULD REQUIRE HE POINTED OUT THAT AN AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP

A RAILWAY; ABOUT FIVE MILES OF HIGHWAY ALONG THE NORTH OF LANTAU AND

FOR ROAD AND AND AN AIRPORT OFF LAMMA WOULD REQUIRE A BRIDGE SYSTEM RATI AND AN EXTRA TUNNEL TO KOWLOON.

FOR EITHER LOCATION AIRPORT WOULD INVOLVE OVER $21 BILLION, HE CONTINUED.

TRANSPORT THE

LINKS

FOR THE PORT AND

HONG

TII

BEST

THIRDLY, MR BARNES SAID, A NEW AIRPORT WAS NEEDED BECAUSE

MUST HAVE ECONOMY ORIENTED KONG'S FINANCIAL AND SERVICE POSSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS LE IT WAS TO SURVIVE.

"BY 1995, WHEN THE PRESENT AIRPORT AT KAI TAK

INDEED. BE SATURATED WE WILL BE DESPERATE

1S EXPECTED

TO

HONG KONG THIS THE WHOLE OF KOWLOON IS AT LEAST THIS

$21

"IT IS NONETHELESS A SOBERING THOUGHT THAT IN REQUIRES A RECLAMATION ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS FROM THE STAR FERRY UP TO BILLION WORTH," HE SAID.

BOUNDARY

STREET.

/MR BARNES