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MY 6TH IPT: MY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: 11 OCTOBER

DRAFT TEXT ON THE CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION IS AS

FOLLOWS:

LAND RESOURCES

87.

THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE MASSIVE EXPANSION OF OUR PORT WILL TRANSORM HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. LARGE NEW AREAS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY LANTAU ISLAND, WILL BE OPENED UP FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE NOW CONCENTRATED IN A FAIRLY NARROW BAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR. BUT IN FUTURE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE

TO ESCAPE SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND CONGESTION IMPOSED BY THE EXISTING URBAN AREAS AND TO PLAN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE

BASIS OF LARGE SCALE MODERN PORT AND AIRPORT FACILITIES COMING

INTO BEING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A NEW AND VERY WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ABOUT A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE

COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

88. LOOKING AT THE DETAILS, THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, AND THE BRIDGES AND ROADS THAT GO WITH IT, WILL OPEN

UP FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THE WHOLE OF LANTAU'S NORTHERN COASTLINE. THIS CAN BE ACHIEED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE OUTSTANDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON THE HILLS AND SOUTHERN COAST OF THE ISLAND. EXPANDING THE PORT WESTWARDS WILL MAKE

AVAILABLE FURTHER LAND, MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, WEST OF TUEN MUN.

89. THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENTS ALSO MEAN THAT THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MID-1990'S

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRANSPORT LINKS TO THE URBAN AREA. THIS

RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR SOURCE OF LAND IN THE URBAN AREA FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. MORE BADLY NEEDED LAND WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION,

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