XN000022-1993-10-06 — Page 18

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1993

RECONSTRUCT AND UPGRADE MANY OF THE MOST HEAVILY USED ROADS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY; AND

LOCAL

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TOUGHER CONTROLS ON ROAD EXCAVATION, A MAJOR INTRODUCE PARTICULARLY IRRITATING CAUSE OF ROAD CONGESTION.

AND

ON

WAS

ΤΟ

CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC, MR PATTEN SAID CAREFUL

THROUGH THE A NEW RAILWAY BEING GIVEN TERRITORIES TO THE CONTAINER PORT.

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CONSIDERATION WESTERN NEW

HONG

POINTED OUT HE

THAT THE MEMBER OF HEAVY AND MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES WAS UP 70 PER CENT WHILE THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ENTERING KONG FROM GUANGDONG WAS UP 90 PER CENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

BY 1997, THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO HONG KONG IS EXPECTED TO RISE BY A FURTHER 60 PER CENT, HE SAID.

COMMERCIAL

"WE WILL NEED TO RELIEVE THE STRAIN OF CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC ON OUR ROAD SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE OUR GROWING TRADE," HE SAID.

THE

PORT AND AIRPORT PROJECTS VITAL TO HK'S FUTURE

TODAY

THE RT HON GOVERNOR,

PATTEN, CHRISTOPHER

SAID

THE (WEDNESDAY} IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT HONG KONG WOULD FACE

OF ITS PORT AND UNHAPPY PROSPECT OF DELAYS IN THE MODERNISATION

SECURED FROM THE AIRPORT

UNLESS CO-OPERATION COULD BE FACILITIES CHINESE GOVERNMENT OVER THE FINANCING OF THESE PROJECTS.

THE

HIS POLICY EVERYTHING

IT

PORT SPEAKING

PROJECTS IN AND AIRPORT ON ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STILL DO IT PRUDENTLY COULD TO TAKE THESE VITAL PROJECTS FORWARD AS FAR AS WAS ABLE WHILE WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME OF TALKS ON THESE PROJECTS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

"THE

ALTERNATIVE

WOULD

OR ABANDON WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY TO DELAY PROJECTS WHICH ENCOUNTER OPPOSITION, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT

** HE SAID. BE RIGHT OR ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,

PROGRESS OF THE GOVERNOR MADE THREE POINTS IN REVIEWING THE

WOULD CONTRIBUTE MUCH ΤΟ THESE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

FORWARD.

WELL-BEING

"FIRST, WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN TO TAKE THESE ISSUES

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF WE DO NOT LINK POLITICAL AND LIVELIHOOD ISSUES. HONG KONG, THE FIRST PRIORITY IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THESE MATTERS, THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB.

"SECOND, WHEN NEGOTIATORS REACH AGREEMENT ON THEY ARE NOT DOING HONG KONG A FAVOUR.

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