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Mr. LAU (in Cantonese): Sir, could the Government inform this

Council about its long-term road projects and what are their effects

on the north-west New Territories?

Last year in

Secretary for Transport: Sir, it is indeed our tradition to

emphasise on long-term planning for our transport infrastructure.

Our first comprehensive transport study published in 1976, for

example, acts as a blue-print to tell us how long-term demand up to

the year 1991 should be met and up to this moment of time, 80 per

cent of the proposals have been implemented.

November, we commenced a second comprehensive transport study

which apart from looking at the long-term transport policy would

also examine the transport infrastructure over the long term,

beyond the year 2000.

optimum timing for implementation of projects, such as Route X

connecting Yuen Long to Tsuen Wan; a railway extension which would also affect the north-west New Territories/are, of course, other projects such as Route 7 Sai Ying Poon to Aberdeen and also the

third harbour crossing. I can assure Mr. LAU that the long-term

needs of the New Territories are being looked at and the north-west

New Territories is also being looked at as part and parcel of the

overall study of the territory's need as a whole.

It would also be assessing needs and

from

There

Mr. CHAN Ying-lun (in Cantonese):

have been mentioned in paragraph 2.

Sir, a lot of new projects

Could I ask whether all those

roads will be up to international standards?

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