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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990

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TRAFFIC PATTERN OF EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING STILL DEVELOPING

PATTERN

UTILISATION RATE

TO THE LEVELS

IS TUNNEL

STILL LEUNG, SAID

OF

THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE

OF THE GF TOLLS CHARGED AS THE TRAFFIC DEVELOPING, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE AVERAGE 28,000 VEHICLES USING THE EASTERN HARBOUR

WAS NOT

FAR REMOVED FROM

TOO

EACH DAY LAST MONTH ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF 33,000 IN 1990, MR LEUNG SAID IN QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT.

CROSSING THE COMPANY'S REPLYING TO A

AT THE THESE TUNNEL, NUMBER OF VEHICLES FIVE MONTHS, MR LEUNG

ALTHOUGH SOME CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES WERE CHARGED MORE

HARBOUR THE CROSS EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING THAN CONSTITUTED LESS THAN 13 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PASSING THROUGH BOTH TUNNELS DURING THE PAST SAID.

THE BULK OF SUCH TRAFFIC WAS MADE UP OF LIGHT AND MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES.

PRIVATE CARS, TAXIS,

CROSSING WERE THE CROSS PAYABLE AT THE

THE TOLLS THEY PAID AT THE EASTERN HARBOUR

THAN, THOSE SAME AS, OR IN SOME CASES LOWER HARBOUR TUNNEL.

AT THIS STAGE TO DRAW ANY PREMATURE MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS

AS PARTICULARLY

THE TUNNEL HAD CONCLUSIONS ON THE TRAFFIC FIGURES,

PATTERN HAD YET BEEN OPEN FOR JUST OVER FIVE MONTHS AND THE TRAFFIC TO BE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED.

ASSESSMENT OF MANPOWER NEEDS BEING STUDIED

AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL

WHICH

MANPOWER COMMITTEE

SET UP

UP TO ASSESS RECENTLY DELIVERED

BY STUDIED

THE

HONG KONG'S MEDIUM TERM MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS HAS

BEING CAREFULLY ARE NOW ITS MAIN FINDINGS EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH.

K.Y. YEUNG, THIS COUNCIL

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON

TOLD THE COMMITTEE, APPOINTED

THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EDWARD HO.

WHO

MR YEUNG SAID IT WAS TOO EARLY TO GO INTO DETAILS.

"SUFFICE

IDENTIFIED,

THAT NO SERIOUS IT TO SAY

THAT AND

THE FINDINGS CONFIRM CONTINUOUS GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT AMONGST HIGHLY

PEOPLE.

MIS-MATCH

HAS BEEN OF THE LIKELIHOOD EDUCATED AND TRAINED

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