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people and goods can be transported between the various parts of the territory. As examples, would cite the tremendous impact of the cross- harbour tunnel and the growing effect on Tuen Mun of even a half of the new road. In a negative sense, the development of Junk Bay, close as it is to the urban area, has always hitherto been retarded by the lack of road access. The same, of course, applies to Lantau on a much larger scale. Tomorrow, developments such as the Mass Transit Railway, the Aberdeen tunnel and the modernised KCR among others, will all, in their turn, be influencing land use and population distribution. And together they will have a profound effect on the environment. The need for co-ordination of policy on all these aspects is apparent and we are building up and strengthening the machinery necessary to achieve

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motion.

Sir, I have pleasure in supporting the