XN000022-1991-08-20 — Page 4

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1991

THUS THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTWARD ARE CORRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS.

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"THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY, HOWEVER, FACILITATE A INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE, HE SAID.

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"IN THIS RESPECT, THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS."

THE ABOVE SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN PART I OF THE JUNE 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AROUND AUGUST 22 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.5 PER COPY.

FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CENTRAL KOWLOON ROUTE

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS COMMISSIONED A CONSULTANCY GROUP TO CARRY OUT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE CENTRAL KOWLOON ROUTE, AN URBAN TRUNK ROAD LINKING TO KWA WAN AND YAU MA TEI.

THE $10.8 MILLION CONSULTANCY STUDY WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY).

AGREEMENT FOR THE FEASIBILITY

SAID WORK

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR TANO KWOK-KEE, ON THE CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT WOULD START LATER THIS MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

HE SAID THE NEED FOR STUDYING THE CENTRAL KOWLOON ROUTE FOLLOWED RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE CENTRAL KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION TRANSPORT STUDY.

IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE METROPLAN 1N BOTH WEST AND EAST KOWLOON WOULD REQUIRE AN EAST-WEST ROUTE ACROSS KOWLOON, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING ROUTE 4 FROM TSEUNG KWAN O TO LAI CHI KOK, BY 2001, HE SAID.

MR TANG SAID THE CONSULTANTS WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A DUAL TWO-LANE TUNNEL WITH APPROACHES AT YAU MA TEI AND TO KWA WAN RESPECTIVELY.

'THE YAU MA TEI APPROACH WILL LINK THE WEST KOWLOON ON THE NEW WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION.

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"THE TO KWA WAN APPROACH WILL CONNECT TO THE PROPOSED HUNG HOM BYPASS AND NORTH SOUTH HIGHWAY AT TO KWA WAN, HE SAID.

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MR TANG SAID THE CONSULTANTS WOULD ALSO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMBINING PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT WITH THE ROAD SCHEME TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDINGS.

/HE ADDED