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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992

THE FIRST BERTH AT TERMINAL EIGHT WILL COME ON STREAM IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR. BY MID-1995 THE TERMINAL WILL BE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY. BY THEN THE FIRST BERTH AT TERMINAL NINE ON TSING YI SHOULD BE IN OPERATION.

THE TSING YI TERMINAL WILL BE THE LAST IN THE KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS 10 ONWARDS WILL BE BUILT ON NORTHEAST LANTAU ISLAND, FOUR KILOMETRES FROM KWAI CHUNG.

THE FIRST BERTH AT TERMINAL 10 SHOULD COME ON STREAM IN 1997 WHEN TERMINAL NINE WILL BE FULLY OCCUPIED.

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THIS IS WHEN THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, A 1300-METRE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, WILL OPEN FOR TRAFFIC.

AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGES, IT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOR HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT AND THE NEW PORT.

CURRENT PLANS ARE FOR 17 NEW CONTAINER BERTHS TO BE BUILT ON LANTAU UP TO THE YEAR 2011. THESE WILL BE BUILT IN PHASES AND THE PROJECT WILL BE DEMAND-LED SO THAT DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACCELERATED OR DECREASED DEPENDING ON FLUCTUATIONS IN THROUGHPUT.

AS WITH THE KWAI CHUNG PORT, THE BERTHS WILL BE DEVELOPED OPERATED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES.

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WONG NAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN AMENDED

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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD HAS MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT WONG NAI CHUNG OULINE ZONING PLAN TO REFLECT

REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE SITES ADJOINING SPORTS ROAD.

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THE AMENDMENTS WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

UNDER THE AMENDMENTS, THE NORTHERN BEND OF RACE TRACK WILL BE EXTENDED INTO SPORTS ROAD, THE REGIMENT SITE AND THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB SITE.

THE HAPPY VALLEY ROYAL HONG KONG

A NEW SPORTS ROAD WILL BE REPROVISIONED TO THE NORTH OF THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB.

APART FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT SITE WHICH WILL BE MAINLY USED AS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BEND OF THE RACE TRACK.

OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN INCLUDE THE DESIGNATION OF THE CEMETERIES AT WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD AND SHAN KWONG ROAD AS "OTHER SPECIFIED USES" ZONE ANNOTATED "CEMETERY" USE AND THE UPDATING OF THE NOTES ATTACHED TO THE PLAN.

/THE AMENDMENT