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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992
LIE.
SHE URGED THE PUBLIC FOR GUIDANCE ON WHERE THE PRIORITY SHOULD
"PRIORITISATION IS NOT ALIEN TO MANAGEMENT, " SHE SAID, "IT HAS
BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL TO ACHIEVE ONE'S OBJECTIVES. WE CANNOT FOREVER TOLERATE SHORTFALL. WE MUST DO SOMETHING SENSIBLE.
"WE MUST PROVIDE REHABILITATION TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO THE MOST URGENT AREAS IF NEEDS BE, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD.
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"WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE AND TO DECIDE, NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT THE DECISION MIGHT BE, ON IMPORTANT ITEMS WHICH MUST BE RELATIVELY SPEAKING IMPLEMENTED FIRST.
"FOR AS LONG AS WE REFUSE TO FACE THE FACT NASTIES, I THINK WE WILL NOT PROGRESS. WE MUST BE DECISIONS AND TAKE HARD DECISIONS," MRS WONG ADDED.
AND TAKE THE ABLE ΤΟ MAKE
GOVT COMMITTED TO FORWARD TRANSPORT PLANNING
THE GOVERNMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO FORWARD PLANNING AS THE MEANS OF ANTICIPATING AND MEETING THE TRANSPORT NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWNS.
THE REASSURANCE WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG IN WINDING UP THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRANSPORT SERVICES OF NEW TOWNS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG SAID SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROAD NETWORK WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ MEET THE DEMANDS CREATED BY NEW TOWN EXPANSION.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES BOTH WITHIN THE NEW TOWNS AND THE URBAN AREA WOULD BE EXPANDED AND UPGRADED IN KEEPING WITH PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS, HE ADDED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A WELL ESTABLISHED PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING MECHANISM IN PLACE.
"EACH YEAR, WE REVIEW THE NEED FOR IMPROVED SERVICES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH MAJOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS.
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SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE PRESENTED TO THE RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS FOR ADVICE BEFORE THESE ARE INTRODUCED, HE ADDED.
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