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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1990

UNDER THE SIX-LANE HIGHWAY ON THE TOP DECK, THERE WOULD BE A DOUBLE TRACKED RAILWAY WITH TWO WEATHER PROTECTED ROAD TRAFFIC LANES.

HE SAID THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE WOULD CONNECT MA WAN ISLAND TO LANTAU. THE MAIN SPAN OF THIS BRIDGE WOULD BE ABOUT 440 METRES AND THE TOTAL DECK LENGTH, 670 METRES, WITH A CONFIGURATION SIMILAR ΤΟ THAT OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE.

THE MA WAN ISLAND VIADUCT, WHICH WOULD CONNECT THE BRIDGES, WOULD BE ABOUT 550 METRES IN LENGTH.

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WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION WORK TO START SOON

AUTHORISATION HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT SHORTLY THE MAIN WORKS OF THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION PROJECT THE FORESHORE AND SEABED (RECLAMATION) ORDINANCE FOLLOWING A BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL.

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DECISION

FORESHORE

THE RECLAMATION WILL INVOLVE ABOUT 357.8 HECTARES OF AND SEABED AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT WHICH STRETCHES FROM SOUTH OF AUSTIN ROAD UP TO MEI FOO SUN CHUEN.

THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR PROVIDING LAND FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, THE WEST

EXPRESSWAY

AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LINKS THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

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KOWLOON BETWEEN

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) POINTED OUT THAT THE PROJECT, COSTING $9,630 MILLION, WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MAJOR IDENTIFIED IN THE METROPLAN.

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HE EMPHASISED THAT EVEN IF THERE HAD BEEN NO PLANS TO BUILD THE NEW AIRPORT, THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION WOULD HAVE TO GO PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S METROPLAN STRATEGY.

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ACCORDING TO THE METROPLAN, THE RECLAMATION WOULD PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND TO MEET ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE TERRITORY AND CONTAINER BACK-UP AREAS TO SUPPORT PLANNED WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE PORT NUCLEI.

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IT WOULD ALSO PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SPACE, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO REDRESS THE SUBSTANTIAL SHORTFALL OF SUCH FACILITIES AT THE CONGESTED AREAS OF WEST KOWLOON.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND WOULD BE RELEASED FOR SALE.

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