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incremental approach means that
the
expenditure will
be
subject
to
detailed phasing of
continuous adjustment, so
that it matches the changing requirements of the economy.
76.
By the end of the decade, the focus of activity in
our port will have
container
port
shifted
to
New
the western harbour.
and multi-purpose terminals will be developed on a
peninsula extending from North-East
year 2000,
Lantau.
In the
the best estimates suggest that Hong Kong's port
will handle nearly 200 million tonnes of cargo per year,
well over twice the present level. We will have the ability
to be not only the major export outlet for Hong Kong and
Southern China, but also the major trans-shipment centre for
East Asia.
(c)
The environment
77.
It
is already possible to see in the mind's eye an
outline of what
Hong Kong will look like in the year 2000.
The new airport will be in operation, with road and rail links to Tsing Yi and Kowloon via a string of bridges and Kowloon peninsula will have expanded in size
tunnels.
The
by
third a
as
area
surrounding
a result of reclamation in the west.
In the
the old Kai Tak runway,
reclamation
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