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But may I speak on a very serious problem, that is
that is traffic-
congestion. [Sir, recently, the Mass Transit Railway
Corporation has announced a peak-hour surcharge very soon and
there will also be toll increases by the Hong Kong Cross-
which has changed its way of increase, Harbour Tunnel Corporation Now, this has giveh fise to a lot
of debate and this is certainly something that should be
yesterday.
covered in the CTS second Comprehensive Transport Study.
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and there is no separate Extructure subhead for rood construction and traffic management
Now, although transport and traffic doesnot come under the
the government's road construction Budget under a particular head but expenditure in this regard is very high indeed. In paragraph 19 of your Policy Address 987/88,
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Sir, you said that there been a grave increase in the number of cars per road space. And this is because the number of
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lorries has increased by 30 and the journeys covered have also increased more than 60%, and that is a sharp increase.
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You've also pointed out that a number of large-scale projects
are being planned or are in progress. That includes the New
Territories Circular Route, Junk Bay Tunnel and Route
Apart from Routo ga i futut In
In the next five years, $5 billion will be spent on roads. As for links with China, we
have the New Territories Circular Route which will be completed in 1989, by which time the daily maximum cross- border through put would increase 9.000 to 50,000. These 24 figures reflect the prosperity and prospects for further
economic activity in Hong Kong.
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private cars have reached their capacities too
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and during, rush-hours the MTR has also
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I believe it is time to strengthen traffic
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the number of certain modes of transport. This is very
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