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3.2.18 Mr.
Railways
So replied that the Bong Kong Government had no
objection ir principle to goods being transported to
Hong Kong by vehicles licensed in Guangdong or
Shenzhen. The problem lay with the liscensing standards
because the requirements for licensing in
Shenzhen/Guangdong were different from those in Hong
Until officials from both sides came together to
iro out these differences, he felt that the situation
on the issue
licensing goods vehicles of
Guangdong/Shenzhen origin to enter HF would be unlikely
to change significantly.
Kong.
of
3.2.19 Mr. Hu continued by saying that both on-site
observations and statistics provided revealed that at present the section of railway between Guangzhou and
Shenzhen encountered some difficulties of meeting the required transhipment to Hong Kong. This situation was
expected to improve after the completion of the railway between FergYang and Guangzhou and the electrification
and double-tracking of the section between Sherzhen and
Guangzhou. When the works were completed, 9 pairs of
trains per day could run both ways between Guangzhou and
Hong Kong via Shenzhen. Ee was concerned about the handling capacity at the border before the expansion of
the Hung Hom Terminal which was expected to handle about
9 million tonnes cf cargo annually.
3.2.20 In accition, Nr. I pointed out
By
that the train from
Guangzhou and Shenzhen required 650 m length of sidings at freight terminal whereas the one planned in Hong Kong
was only 450 m long. This could be a constraint in the
railway freight capacity between Forg Kong and Guangdong
and was ar
area warranting futher considerations.