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A large area of new land has been provided at the Kowloon peninsula, which will be used for a variety of purposes besides accommodating part of the airport transport network.
New land at the Central waterfront, where the Hong Kong Station of the Airport Railway is being built, already has new ferry piers in operation on it.
At Tung Chung, adjacent to the new airport site, an entire new town is being developed, and the public and private housing being built in the first phase will be home to an estimated 20,000 people.
The 34-kilometre transport network serving the new airport will have its own benefits for the travelling public.
The road network beginning on Hong Kong Island will play a part in improving traffic flow at district level and the Western Harbour Crossing, between Sai Ying Pun and reclaimed land at west Kowloon, will ease traffic congestion in the existing cross- harbour tunnels.
The domestic service of the Airport Railway, which also opens in 1998, will have an interchange with the existing Mass Transit Railway (MTR) at Lai King, and this will help ease peak-hour passenger congestion on the MTR's Tsuen Wan Line.
Initially in English, the homepage will be developed into a bilingual presentation. The address is http://www.info.gov.hk/napco/
By a hyperlink, users can also learn more about the new airport at Chek Lap Kok through the homepage of the Airport Authority.
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Calendar cards to promote child care
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has produced 150,000 copies of calendar card for the year 1997 in an effort to spread the message of home safety.
The calendar cards, which convey a message appealing members of the public to make use of occasional child care service, are now available for collection from all district offices, SWD district offices and sub-offices and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
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