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Kung to Kowloon via Hiram's Highway and Clearwater Bay Road.

The completion of Route 5 from Sha Tin to Tsuen Wan and the

widening of Tai Po Road by the end of 1989 will relieve

substantially traffic congestion in the corridor.

completion of Road T6 across the Shing Mun River in 1990 will

provide a shorter route from Tolo Highway to Kowloon via the

Ma On Shan - Nai Chung link road.

5.

Sir, with these improvements, I hope that traffic

congestion at the Lion Rock Tunnel can be maintained at a

tolerable level until the opening of Tate's Cairn Tunnel in

1991.

WP

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