HKCIC 173/12 1980
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Mr Williamson
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Mr Mortice Mr Clift
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CONFIDENTIAL
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RAQITED NI MEGBBERY NO. 51
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE ISLAND CORRIDOR - along the word shine of
Hong Kong Island.
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This memorandum suggests ways of alleviating the transport problem in the Island Sorrider over the next decade. The present position is that public transport (buses, trams and light buses) caters for 75% of passenger movements in the Corridor (1.6 million boardings per day). However, this accounts for only 25% of vehicular flow the rest being private passenger vehicles which cause considerable congestion. Passenger demand for 1996 is projected at around 3.5 million boardings per day. The assumptions upon which this is based are set out in Paras 12 and 13.
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3. The Government's original proposal of a Light Rail Transit System was dropped because it would not be able to cope with this increased demand, would not be ready early enough and would cause major disruption during construction. Nor does the Government accept CMB's argument that bus services and an improved tramway service would meet the demand.
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It is envisaged, therefore, that (full details are in Para 23):-
traffic management will be improved and new roads built;
local, express and feeder buses will take about 1.5 million boardings per day;
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trams will take 0.6 million per day;
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Public Light buses will take around 0.2 million;
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the MTR extension from Western Market to Chai Wan will meet the remaining 1.2 million.
5. It is hoped to complete the Island Line by 1986. Otherwise the existing facilities would need to expand their services temporarily to meet demand. All the same profits are likely to be lean initially after the MTR line is completed. The Government expects that CMB in particular may use this as an argument for reducing modernisation plans. However this problem should be solved by amending the Public Omnibus Services Ordinance to incorporate the agreement signed last year by the Government, CMB and KMB. Buses made redundant by the MTR will be redeployed elsewhere.
Construction and land clearance
6.
It is estimated that the MTR extension will cost $7095 million at 1980 prices. Some of this will be met by property development, the rest from contract related loans and, possibly, a cash injection from the MTR fund. It is envisaged that the loans should be repaid by the late '90's (Para 29).
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