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3.
The five business areas of the Corporation all
performed well. The heavy rail carried over 136 million
passengers during the year, an 18 increase Over 1986.
Railway facilities have been upgraded and train capacity
increased progressively to cater for the needs of the
growing number of passengers.
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Freight traffic on the railway continued to grow in the year. While outgoing freight to China registered a stet significant growth of 24% to 1.1 million tonnes, imports percent from China recorded a modest gain of 5
modest gain of 5% to 3.48 million
tonnes. In order to cope with the anticipated substantial
growth in freight traffic in the coming years, the Corporation is actively
is actively discussing with L Government development of a new freight terminal. Meanwhile, Corporation is looking into ways to provide additional
temporary freight handling facilities.
Visible progress
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The
during
the 29
the
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was made the year in the
construction of phase of the Light Rail Transit System le in the North-west New Territories, due for commissioning
in August this year. The Corporation has also embarked on
the design work of six additional Regional inks to
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complete the full Regional System.