(e) Broadcasting
CONFIDENTIAL
45.
The
Broadcasting
Review Board, set up to advise
upon
broadcasting policy after the expiry of present licences in 1988,
published its report in September 1985. During the next few months
the Government will be seeking public comment on these far reaching
proposals which will shape the future of television and broadcasting
in Hong Kong for a long time to come.
VI.
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
46.
As regards works and
communications,
Transit Railway Corporation opened the main
Line running from Chai Wan to Admiralty.
in May 1985 the Mass
section of the Island
47.
The opening of new bridges at Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok
and Lo
Shenzhen
Lok
Ma
Wu improved communications between Hong Kong and the
Special Economic Zone of China. These, together with the
Chau bridge which is due to be completed in 1988, should provide sufficient capacity to cope with
to cope with the expected growth of traffic
the border in to the next decade.
over
48. The opening of the New Territories Trunk Road between Sha Tin
and Fanling in September 1985 and the opening earlier in the year of
the
Island Eastern Corridor linking the eastern part
part of Hong Kong
Island with the remainder of the urban area greatly improved Hong
Kong's road communication network. The Hong Kong Government decided
that a new Eastern
and Harbour Crossing should provide road
rail
tunnel facilities; at the end of the period under review, the
Government was negotiating with several consortia concerning construction operation and financing of the tunnel.
49.
the
A review of development in
in Hong Kong would not be complete
without mention of the new towns.
In
addition to continuing
new town s of Sha Tin
forcast to house 540,000,
consolidation of the
well-established now
Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Yen Long which are
680,000, 420,000 and 102,000 people
construction
respectively by
made
good
progress
at Tai
Ро
and
Fanling
1994,
where
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