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Line running from Chai Wan to Admiralty.

47.

The opening of new bridges at Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lo

Wu improved communications between Hong Kong and the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone of China. These, together with the Lok Ma

Chau bridge which is due to be completed in 1988, should provide

sufficient capacity to cope with the expected growth of traffic over

the border into the next decade.

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

of the

the urban area greatly improved Hong Kong's road communication network. The Hong Kong Government decided

that a new Eastern Harbour Crossing should provide road and 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.

the

49. A review of development in Hong Kong would not be complete

without mention of the new towns.

In addition to continuing

new towns of Sha Tin,

consolidation of the now well-established

Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Yen Long which are forcast to house 540,000, 680,000, 420,000 and 102,000 people respectively by 1994,

construction made good

progress at Tai Po and Fanling where populations of 242,000 and 147,000 are expected in the same year. Major engineering works and public housing construction to house 140,000 people by 1994 are underway in Junk Bay and the first residents of the new town will move in by early 1987. Advance

engineering work started at Tin Shui Wai in the north-western New Territories where the population is expected to

is expected to reach 66,000

reach 66,000 people also by 1994. By 1995 population in that area, which also includes Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, could rise to

Long, could rise to over 700,000; and to cater for the expected trave! demand in this region, work on a Light Rail Transit system linking Tuen Mun with Yuen Long will commence early

next year.

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