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Mr. So said he was
not aware that such discrepancy in
siding lengths existed, but agreed that if it did it
would need to be resolved. He would remind KCKC to hear
ir mind when planning the expansion of hung hom Cargo
Terminal which would be on a 18 ha. of reclaimed land.
3.2.22 Mr. fu asked when the railway between Shatin and kwai
Chung would be completed.
3.2.23 Mr. So replied that the proposed railway link between
Shatin and Kwai Chung was only considered as a possible
option at present. to firm decision had yet been made
as to the construction of the railway which would very
much depend or the amount of container freight from
China. It was estimated that the Bung Hom Terminal
expansion area would be capable of handling container
freight of sore 35% of the total amount of cargo. If
container freights from China exceeded this amount, the
construction of the railway link between Shatin and Kwai
Chung might have to be seriously considered. Mr. So explained that information on the likely percentage of
containerized cargo from China would assist in making
decision on the railway link. Sir David added that it
was a good idea to build a railway between Kwai Chung
and Shatin. Eowever, in practice, it would not be easy
because of space constraint at Kwai Chung. He said that
the feasibility of this proposals was yet to be studied.
3.2.24 The Hong Kong Officials had explained, in their
presentations, that freight volume by rail was estimated
to be 4.4 million tornes by 1991 and 5 million tonnes by
2001. Mr. Lui Yilin enquired whether there would be any
balancing problems after the completion of the double
tracking of the railway line between Guangzhou and
Shenzhen. He further enquired about the measures
Hong Kong Government would take to handle the expected
increase in freight volume.
the