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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

POLICY PUBLISHED PROJECTS

SIR DAVID SAID THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT IN MAY GAVE DETAILS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER ROAD AND RAIL WHICH WOULD BE LAUNCHED DURING THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

HOWEVER,

A

POLICY TRANSPORT

WAS

NOT SIMPLY

A

MATTER OF

BUILDING MORE ROADS AND RAILWAYS.

HE SAID THE GREEN PAPER ALSO SET OUT STRATEGIES AND EXPANDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND FOR MANAGING THE USE MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO KEEP BOTH PEOPLE AND GOODS MOVING.

FOR

IMPROVING

OF ROADS TO

·

"ROAD USE MANAGEMENT IS REALISTIC, HE SAID.

NEVER

THE GOVERNOR

SAID THAT HONG

BUT POPULAR.

WE HAVE TO BE

KONG BEING A

SMALL,

DENSELY RAILWAYS, CROWDED TERRITORY WITH ONLY LIMITED SPACE FOR NEW ROADS AND

VEHICLE OWNERSHIP IT COULD NOT COPE WITH THE SAME LEVELS OF PRIVATE

COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THE CITY THAT WERE FOUND IN GRINDING TO A HALT.

OTHER PROSPEROUS

VEHICLE

FLEET HAS то BE

EFFICIENTLY USED

TO

"THE

GOODS MINIMISE ITS IMPACT ON CONGESTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

"MOST OF OUR POPULATION TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WE MUST WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN WILLING AND ABLE TO DO SO," SAID.

DO

HE

THE COMMENTS ON THE THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT WHEN ALL

GREEN OF HOW TO DO THIS PAPER HAD BEEN ABSORBED, THE IMPORTANT QUESTION

BE PAPER TO

PUBLISHED EARLY WOULD BE TACKLED IN A TRANSPORT WHITE NEXT YEAR.

TECHNOLOGY CENTRE PLANNED

HONG KONG TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE THE ECONOMY, THE

THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ESTABLISH A NEW CENTRE AS PART OF ITS OVERALL STRATEGY TO GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE SAID THE TECHNOLOGY

HIGH

WOULD CENTRE

PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SHARE CERTAIN COMMON

то COMPANIES TECHNOLOGY NEW AND SMALL SERVICES UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO SET UP ON THEIR OWN.

AN

DONE

TECHNOLOGY WAS ANOTHER

ECONOMY SOPHISTICATED

LIKE

KONG HAD

DEAL A GREAT

NOTING THAT MAKING FULL USE OF MODERN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR

INCREASINGLY SAID HONG HONG KONG'S, THE GOVERNOR THROUGH ADOPTING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.

OF "OUR BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES HAVE ACHIEVED STANDARDS

IS INDUSTRY SECOND TO NONE. OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND NETWORK

EXCELLENCE ALREADY HIGHLY ADVANCED, AND THE WILL CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITION.

/"THE MTRC