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on highways and

Major projects

Over 55% of expenditure on public works is

engineering projects, including site formation.

which began in 1986 include reclamation at Hung Hom Bay, which will

provide land for expansion of

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Corporation's freight and

the

passenger terminals,

Route 5 from Sha

Tin

to Tsuen Wan, and piling work for the Eastern District Hospital.

There is also substantial

handle increased water

in water supply projects to

from China, in environmental

recreational and cultural

investment

supplies

of

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projects and in the provision

facilities. 2)

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A number of major infrastructural projects are under

construction or being planned for implementation Some of these

facilitated by the Hong Kong Government, are

They include notably the Eastern

projects, while

financed by the

the private sector.

Harbour Crossing costing HK$34 billion, which will provide a road

and rail link by tunnel 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

Kwai Chung Container Port (already the third

largest in the world),

the world), and active planning for a second air freight

complex at the Kai Tak International Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is constructing the first phase

of the Light Rail Transit System for the

the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long new

towns at a

74.

Airport.

cost of HK$103 billion. <)

Further,

the

Development of the new towns continues, with expenditure at

some

HK$3 billion a

year.

two

new

Work has

commenced

on the

Shui Wai.

The

towns at Junk Bay and Tin Shui

The

the rate of

contruction of

first stage of development at Junk Bay will accommodate 75,000 people in public housing and 48,000 people in private housing. first public housing intake is expected in early 1987. Work on the

first tube of the road tunnel linking East Kowloon to Junk Bay started in November 1986. Pelo

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Long

In addition

Government Kong

the

continued development of the new towns,

also decided that a more systematic

redevelopment of some of the older

A statutory Land Development Corporation

to

approach

of parts

will be

is

necessary

the urban area.

has

to the

responsible for devising and implementing

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