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processed.

is pectin The anticipated date of completion for this tunnel

was mid 1992, but we are now hopeful that it might be advanced

to late 1991.

le. Sv. Against this background of dramatic changes in the

transport scene, and to allow sufficient lead time for large projects, it is now necessary to update the first study, and to

options and map out development plans and options to take us past the turn of the century as a basis for yet further improvements.

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Thus the Second Comprehensive Transport Study was

launched in November last year for completion by June next year. This study, CTS-II,will set out options for the further development of the transport infrastructure and policy options for dealing with the various problems that confront us over the

period up to the year 2001.

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So I welcome the keen interest in and support for this important study shown by Miss Maria Tam and others, and wish to c

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assure them that it will fully take into account all possible factors, social, economic, financial and environmental, so that the policy options being developed will be wide-ranging and

comprehensive. I can also confirm that the Government wil1 seek views from the public after the Report has been completed and that a paper will be drafted on the policy options. will, I hope, take the form of a Green Paper on Transport and

will be given the widest possible public consultation. intended that the Green Paper should be ready, before the end of

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next year.