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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1989

HK'S TRANSPORT PROVIDES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

TRANSPORT THE 1990'S WOULD BE AN EXCITING DECADE FOR HONG KONG

GROWTH AND RISING AFFLUENCE WOULD PLANNERS AS CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC

ACTING SECRETARY FOR GENERATE A HUGE INCREASE IN TRAVEL DEMAND. THE TRANSPORT, MR MAK CHUN-FONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

IN A

THE

OF THE CONFERENCE AT DELIVERED SPEECH KEYNOTE

MR MAK SAID MANY INFRASTRUCTURE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT,

RECLAMATIONS, PORT AND DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THOSE CONCERNING FUTURE

PLACE IN THIS AIRPORT FACILITIES AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PERIOD.

HONG KONG

WOULD

AS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA. INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER DELTA AND SOUTHERN CHINA.

AN ASSUME

THE PEARL

PRESENT

CHALLENGES CONSIDERABLE

AS

"THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES, MR MAK SAID.

EL

IN THE VEHICLE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY IN

HE SAID TO COPE WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

AS PROJECTED BY THE SECOND FLEET AND TRAVEL DEMAND TRANSPORT STUDY, THE GOVERNMENT HAD OUTLINED A TRANSPORT THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY.

HE SAID AN

EFFICIENT

TRANSPORT SYSTEM

MUST

DEPEND

ON

THE

PROVISION OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE.

$1.5 BILLION PER THE GOVERNMENT WAS CURRENTLY SPENDING ABOUT YEAR, OR SOME 25 PER CENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET, ON BUILDING ROADS.

NEW

THE ROAD AND RAIL PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT DECADE OUTLINED IN GREEN PAPER WOULD COST ABOUT $29 BILLION.

THE

YEARS,

AMONG THESE PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE 3

AN EXPRESSWAY PROVIDING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE BORDER AND THE FAST DEVELOPING NORTHWESTERN EVER EXPANDING CONTAINER TERMINALS.

WOULD BEGIN

THE LINKING NEW TERRITORIES TO THE

IN

THAT CHANCE

THE

PROJECT

WOULD

MR MAK SAID THERE WAS A GOOD OFFER CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.

ONLY BE ONE OF

BUT, BUILDING MORE ROADS AND RAILWAYS SHOULD THE MEASURES IN THE OVERALL TRANSPORT STRATEGY, HE ADDED.

INCLUDED LAND TRANSPORT PLANNING IN PROVIDE A BETTER

MR MAK EMPHASISED THAT OTHER IMPORTANT MEASURES USE PLANNING WHICH MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH ORDER TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE ROAD SYSTEM AND TO ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AREA

URBAN

"THE RELOCATION OF THE AIRPORT, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE

AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT THE METROPLAN BEING PLANNED BY

PRESENT GOOD OPPORTUNITIES

CORPORATION, AND THE FUTURE RECLAMATIONS FOR ADJUSTING LAND USES," HE SAID.

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