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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1993

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PROGRESS OF RECOMMENDED HIGHWAYS AND RAIL PROJECTS

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THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (WHC) TOGETHER WITH THE SECTION OF ROUTE 7 CONNECTING THE TUNNEL TO CENTRAL AND THE SECTION OF ROUTE 3 FROM THE WHC ΤΟ TSING

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RECOMMENDED BY SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY (CTS-2), ARE NOW PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY 1997.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR LEUNG SAID THE NEED FOR THE THIRD RECOMMENDED NEW HIGHWAY, A NEW ROUTE THROUGH KAI TAK, WAS BEING REASSESSED AS PART OF PLANNING FOR SOUTH EAST KOWLOON, AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION TO RELOCATE THE AIRPORT.

HE EXPLAINED THAT TRANSPORT PLANNING WAS A CONTINUOUS AND WAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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THE CTS-2 PUBLISHED IN 1989 WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE AIRPORT AT KAJ TAK WOULD BE RETAINED AND RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION UP TO 2001.

"THE STUDY WAS UPDATED SUBSEQUENTLY TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND LATEST LAND-USE PLANS, AND ITS PLANNING HORIZON WAS EXTENDED TO 2011 HE SAID.

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MR LEUNG SAID CTS-2 ALSO RECOMMENDED THREE RAIL PROJECTS. THESE THE THIRD CROSS HARBOUR RAIL LINK. AN MTR EXTENSION TO TSEUNG KWAN O, AND A NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES/URBAN LINK.

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"THE AIRPORT RAILWAY WILD PROVIDE THE THIRD CROSS HARBOUR LINK IN ADDITION TO SERVING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION TO CONSTRUCT THE AIRPORT RAILWAY ALL

RAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE RECOMMENDED BY CTS-2, HAVE BEEN RE-EXAMINED IN THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY," HE SAID.

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"THE PUBLIC WILL BE CONSULTED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY SHORTLY, HE ADDED.

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