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MR. ANDRE W WONG (in Cantonese):

Sir, may

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refer the

Secretary for Transport back to paragraph 4 of his answer,

that is about the completion of the Nai Chung Road in

August and ask how many cars will take this link road, and

if there are too many

too many cars taking this link road, whether

volume Hirams Highway will be able to cope with the high number

traffic? of cars?

We know that this section is very congested, in

particular the section near Sai Kung.

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (in Cantonese):

Sir, according to

our estimate, the link road after completion will not be

used by a great number of cars going to Kowloon because

the drivers will need extra time if they use this road.

Some cars going to northern Kowloon will use this road;

we have a plan to improve the link road and hope that this

will make the flow smoother.

Sir, I would like to

MR. HO SAI-CHU (in Cantonese):

refer to the paragraph 1 of the Secretary for Transport's

reply which says that the journey times have been reduced

by an average of 10 to 15 minutes. May I ask what the

original time is? The final paragraph of the answer talks

about reducing the congestion to a

'tolerable level'. I

would like to know how he would define 'tolerable level'.