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138 Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common-
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wealth Affairs, If he will seek the extension of the study of new transport links between Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, Tai Po and Yuen Long, and
23 Sheung Shui and Yuen Long to include consideration of those links being built as
extensions of the Kowloon-Canton Railway system or the Mass Transit Railway system as well as the proposed light rail transit system, and if he will make a statement.
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The
transport
study in
question, which is being
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undertaken by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation,
will study only light rail transit extensions. However,
forecasts the patronage
indicate that a heavy rail
extension may be more suitable, the Corporation will not
ignore that conclusion. At the same time the mass
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Transit Railway Corporation is also studying the
mass transit railway extension from
alternative of
Tsuen Wan to Yeun Long.
These
matters are totally within the competence of the
Hong Kong Government, which will in due course evaluate
all options before making a decision.
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