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THE

2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1992

ABILITY

TO INCREASE

THROUGHPUT

AT THE EXISTING

TERMINALS.

LIMIT TO THIS NUMBER OF BUOYS ON-SHORE CARGO

MRS CHAN NOTED THAT SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY COULD CERTAINLY BR ABSORBED BY MID-STREAM OPERATIONS. "BUT THERE IS A BECAUSE OF THE FINITE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE AVAILABLE AND AN INCREASING SHORTAGE OF HANDLING AREAS, SHE SAID.

AT SPACE

AS CONGESTION INCREASES THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A PROGRESSIVE MIGRATION OF LARGER CONTAINER SHIPS FROM STREAM TO TERMINALS FROM 1994 ONWARDS. THIS TREND WILL TEND TO ADVANCE, RATHER THAN DEFER, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ALONGSIDE TERMINAL FACILITIES.

THIS. ITS MID-1995

TERMINALS, THE PORT AS REGARDS INCREASED THROUGHPUT AT THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS ONLY RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE BOARD HAS CONCLUDED THAT THROUGHPUT CAN INDEED BE INCREASED. ASSESSMENT THAT CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 9 WILL BE REQUIRED IN THEREFORE INCORPORATES INCREASED LEVELS OF THROUGHPUT.

ALSO

AT SPEAKING

THE PRESS

CONFERENCE,

FOR

THE SECRETARY PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THE GOVERNMENT

THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE TSING FULLY APPRECIATED

AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPING CT9 ON SOUTH-EAST TSING YI.

YI RESIDENTS

IMPACTS TRANSPORT

OF

DISTURBANCE то THE ALSO IMPROVE

CONDITIONS OF

"SUITABLE MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE POTENTIAL LOCAL RESIDENTS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WHICH WOULD

TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXISTING UNSATISFACTORY TSING YI ISLAND," HE SAID.

THESE INCLUDE A NUMBER OF MITIGATION MEASURES SUCH UP NOISE BARRIERS AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.

CT9 DEVELOPMENT

AS PUTTING

WOULD GIVE AN

THE IMPORTANTLY, "MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLEVIATE THE ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE PROBLEMS BY DIVERTING THE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM TSING YI ROAD TO THE NEW CONTAINER PORT ROAD,' HE SAID.

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TRAFFIC

"FURTHERMORE, CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO INTRODUCE

CONTAINER LORRIES FROM ON TSING YI TO RESTRICT MANAGEMENT SCHEMES

HE SAID. USING ROADS NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS,

WOULD BE

PORT

MR LEUNG SAID A SERIES OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT MEASURES INTRODUCED TO COPE WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON TSING YI.

THE EXISTING AT AN

THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WOULD BE THE WIDENING OF TWO-LANE TSING YI SOUTH BRIDGE TO A SIX-LANE CONFIGURATION ESTIMATED COST OF $750 MILLION.

"THE GOVERNMENT