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and roads become crowded earlier than expected does not,
however, reflect a lack of planning or a lack of determination
to improve.
सं.
With the best will in the world, traffic does
sometimes increase faster than expected due to faster than
expected economic growth. Sometimes also, as was the case as
recently as four or five years ago, less buoyant times take
their toll in the form of financial stringency, and the need to
delay expenditure until better times return. To proceed
otherwise would involve basic changes in the prudent financial
policy which has served us so well over the years, and which is
to
the foundation of so much of our economic strength.
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It.
In addition to the provision of an adequate transport
network within Hong Kong, it is also Government's objective to
ensure smooth flow of cross border traffic and an adequate
road network to cope with transport to and from China. Thus,
as you have already said, Sir, the Lok Ma Chau Bridge, to be
opened in two stages in 1989 and 1990, will increase cross
border capacity from the present 12,000 vehicles per day to
over 50,000. On present projection this should be sufficient
until the end of the century. Our road network in the New
Territories also has ample capacity to cope with transport to
and from China, with a capacity of up to 150,000 vehicles per
day on the New Territories Circular Road, and Route X still to
come.
There is therefore no reason for Mr. TAI Chin-wah to be
concerned that we shall not be able to cope.
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