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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991

5

ROAD,

OF

5 TOGETHER WITH THE MANY

MANY ROAD FURTHERMORE, HE SAID, ROUTE IMPROVEMENTS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG, SUCH AS THE WIDENING

WOULD LINK UP KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TEXACO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES EFFICIENTLY WITH THE NEW AIRPORT AND WOULD ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN WOULD CONTINUE.

NEW TERRITORIES

NEW AIRPORT WOULD MR LAM ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OTHER BENEFITS THE

LAND FOR PUBLIC OPEN BRING, SUCH AS THE AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL SPACE, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WITH THE CLOSURE OF KAI TAK.

THE EXISTING NOISE POLLUTION IT WOULD ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS GENERATED BY KAI TAK.

THE POSSIBLE MR LAM SAID

STRESSING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS MINDFUL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT THE PROJECT MIGHT GENERATE, STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO MINIMISE THE ADVERSE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS.

IMPACT

AIR QUALITY, STUDY ON ASSESSMENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROVIDE US WITH SOME WATER QUALITY, NOISE AND VISUAL IMPACT SHOULD

MINIMUM, HE POINTERS TO REDUCE THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO A SAID.

THE CITY

AND NEW TERRITORIES ADDITIONALLY, MR LAM SAID, ADMINISTRATION WOULD ENSURE THAT PUBLIC CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS WOULD BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED TO THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

"WE SHALL ALSO CO-ORDINATE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION TO

KEPT TO A ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO RESIDENTS IS REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADDED.

MR

LAM APPEALED

FOR

PUBLIC

AND BROUGHT

ENSURE THAT

MINIMUM,

THE

甲申

THE

ACTIVE

SUPPORT AND

THAT THE NEW AIRPORT

PARTICIPATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ENSURE BECOMES A SUCCESS.

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EXPANSION OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OUTLINED

THE WATER

SUPPLIES

DEPARTMENT HAS

SUPPLY WHICH

COMPLETED CONCEPTUAL PLANNING FOR AN ENHANCED SYSTEM TO COPE WITH AN ULTIMATE WATER OF UP TO 1,100 MILLION CUBIC METRES (MCM) PER YEAR FROM CHINA, IS 480 MCM OVER THE EXISTING DESIGN CAPACITY.

WONG KWOK-LAI, SAID THIS BE DIVIDED

THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR (THURSDAY) EVENING THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORKS WOULD

AT $1,900 MILLION WOULD BE INTO STAGES. THE FIRST STAGE ESTIMATED SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY 1995 AND THE REMAINING STAGES ESTIMATED $900 MILLION WOULD BE PROGRAMMED OVER THE PERIOD 1995 TO 2001.

AT

/HE SAID