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expansion of the Kowloon-Canton

Railway Corporation's

SAA freight and passenger terminals, Route 5 from Sha Tin to

Tsuen Wan, and piling work for the Eastern District

Hospital. There is also substantial investment in water

supply projects to handy increased water supplies from

China, in environmental projects and in the provision of

recreational and cultural facilities.

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A number of major infrastructural projects are

under construction or being

or being planned for implementation.

Some of these projects, while facilitated by the Hong Kong

Government, are financed by

by the private sector. They

include notably the Eastern Harbour Crossing costing $3.4

billion, which will provide a road and rail link between

the eastern part of Hong Kong Island and East Kowloon by

1990. Other examples are the construction of a sixth

terminal at the Kwai Chung Container Port (already the

third largest in the world), and active planning for a

second air freight complex at the Kai Tak International

Airport. Further, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

is constructing the first phase of the Light Rail Transit

System for the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long New Towns at a cost

На of $1.2 billion, and is formulating proposals for a major

expansion of its freight terminal at Hung Hom Station.