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Supplementary to Question No.8 in Legco meeting on 20 January 1988.

Miss TAM : Sir, I thank the Secretary for a very

comprehensive answer, but may I ask whether the forecast

of a 37 per cent increase in vehicular traffic in 1991

over present levels has in fact taken into account the

rapid rising trend of commercial vehicles using that corridor

and catered for such needs ?

Secretary for Transport : Yes, Sir, the present projected

37 per cent increase in vehicular traffic takes into account

the rising trend of commercial and goods vehicles over the

same period.. This, of course, is giving us concern because

of the rising trend. It is one of the issues being looked

at by the Second Comprehensive Transport Study and we hope

by, the middle of this year we shall have some further measures

to consider how best to cope with these increased demands and

ways and means of tackling them.

Mr. ANDREW WONG: Sir, I am most satisfied in general terms

with the Secretary's answer. I think it is the most

comprehensive answer I have heard in years. I simply wish

to refer to the Secretary's opening remarks in his answer.

Will the Secretary, or perhaps the Chief Secretary, confirm

the

if the Government is proposing in White Paper to rename the

constituency I represent from "New Territories East" to

"North East New Territories?"

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR: Mr. WONG, how do you relate

(C)