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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990

CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT SYSTEM PLANNED

THE

GOVERNMENT

OF HAS PLANS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM AS OUTLINED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S WHITE PAPER TRANSPORT PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO FURTHER UPGRADE FACILITIES.

THE

ON

THE

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, WHEN HE

AT THE OPENING OF THE TSEUNG KWAN 0

TODAY TUNNEL

OFFICIATED (THURSDAY).

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THESE PLANS INCLUDED A THIRD HARBOUR CROSSING AND A MAJOR NEW EXPRESSWAY ON THE

KOWLOON WEST FUTURE RECLAMATION AND BROADBRUSH PLANS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE RAIL SYSTEMS.

"THESE ARE ALL DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CITY WHICH HONG KONG HAS BECOME, HE SAID.

ANOTHER OUT THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE TUNNEL MARKED POINTING

DAVID FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN, SIR

OF HONG KONG'S IT WAS ALSO ANOTHER LANDMARK IN THE PROVISION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

STEP SAID

WHICH

WE

"THE TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL IS THE SIXTH MAJOR TUNNEL HAVE IN HONG KONG. TOGETHER WITH THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE REGION TATES CAIRN TUNNEL, TO BE OPENED NEXT YEAR, THE WHOLE EASTERN OF THE TERRITORY FROM HONG KONG ISLAND TO NEW KOWLOON, TSEUNG KWAN AND SHA TIN, WILL BE EXTREMELY WELL INTER-CONNECTED.

0

OF PEOPLE

COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED, AND THE FLOW AND CARGO WILL BE MUCH FASTER AND SMOOTHER IN FUTURE," SIR DAVID SAID.

TUNNEL THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT THE TSEUNG KWAN O FITTED INTO GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY TO CONTINUALLY UPGRADE THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE HONG KONG.

"IN THE PAST 10 YEARS WE HAVE BUILT 338 KILOMETRES OF NEW ROADS REPRESENTING A 29 PER CENT INCREASE IN TOTAL ROAD SPACE.

**THESE INCLUDE SUCH MAJOR PROJECTS AS THE CORRIDOR AND THE TOLO HIGHWAY.

ISLAND

EASTERN

"THEY ALSO

TUNNEL,

INCLUDE COMPLETION OF FOUR ABERDEEN

THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, THE SHING MUN TUNNELS EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING," HE SAID.

NEW

TUNNELS

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THE AND THE

SIR DAVID ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST 10 YEARS HONG HAD COMPLETED AN ADDITIONAL 28 KILOMETRES OF MTR TRACK EXTENSION AND

LINE THE ISLAND

AND THE COMMISSIONING KILOMETRES

RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE

LONG LIGHT

TERRITORIES.

KONG THE TSUEN WAN OF A 23 NORTH-WEST

NEW

/THE TOTAL