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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991

TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICTS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT

DISTRICTS WILL

LANDS, MR (WEDNESDAY).

GRAHAM BARNES,

TAI PO AND NORTH

BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN ALL THE PLANNED NECESSARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES UPON THE COMPLETION OF

SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE

AND INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY

REPLY ΤΟ IN A WRITTEN

A QUESTION FROM REV THE HON FUNG BARNES SAID CHI-WOOD, MR

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WOULD PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 24,301 FLATS IN TAI AND NORTH DISTRICTS BETWEEN 1991/92 AND 1996/97.

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OWNERSHIP, "OF THESE, 8,514 ARE FOR RENTAL AND 15,787 FOR HOME PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ABOUT 74,600 PEOPLE," HE SAID.

TRANSPORT ON THE PROVISION OF

AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND A IMPLEMENTED ACCORDING TO SERVICES, MR BARNES SAID THIS WAS BEING

GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME THAT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OVERALL THE ECONOMY,

MAJOR HIGHWAYS PROJECTS IN TAI PO HE SAID THE DISTRICTS WERE BASICALLY COMPLETE.

AND NORTH

ENTIRE CROSSING)

TUNNEL AND THE

HARBOUR EASTERN

"WITH THE OPENING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN ROUTE 6 (BETWEEN THE TOLO HIGHWAY AND THE EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE ROAD LINKS NOW IN PLACE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO

TERRITORIES NEW MEET DEMAND FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN NORTH-EAST METROPOLITAN AREAS UP TO THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 1990'S.

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AND THE

THE MR BARNES SAID THE SECTION OF

NT CIRCULAR ROAD LINKING YUEN LONG WAS NEARING SHEUNG SHUI WITH

COMPLETION. ITS PLANNED OPENING IN MID 1992 WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN NORTH-EAST TERRITORIES AND NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES.

"INTERNAL ROADS WITHIN THESE TWO DISTRICTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILT TO COPE WITH DEVELOPMENT NEEDS," HE SAID.

NEW

BE

KCR ON KCRC SERVICES, MR BARNES SAID SINCE JUNE THIS YEAR, ALL

KCR FLEET WOULD TRAINS CARRIED 12 CARRIAGES. BY SEPTEMBER 1993, THE HAVE EXPANDED ITS CARRYING CAPACITY BY 53 PER CENT RELATIVE TO 1989.

SIGNALLING IMPROVING OPERATING

"FOR THE LONGER TERM, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CONDUCTED TO EXPLORE WAYS FOR SYSTEM IS BEING EFFICIENCY AND TO FURTHER EXHANCE CAPACITY," HE SAID.

MR BARNES SAID UNDER THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY'S LATEST FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THE NUMBER OF BUSES SERVING

AND NORTH TAI PO

VEHICLES DISTRICTS WOULD INCREASE FROM SOME 280 VEHICLES TO ABOUT 300

AND THERE 1996, BETWEEN

USE OF

HIGH-CAPACITY THREE-AXLE DOUBLE-DECKERS.

1991

AND

WOULD

BE

THE

WIDER

SAID TWO

ON THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FACILITIES, MR BARNES PRIMARY AND FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST

WOULD BE MONTHS WHILE THREE PRIMARY AND SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE COMING SIX YEARS.

FEW

BUILT

/WELFARE AND