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conventional

ferries).

ferries) and about an hour (for high-speed Unconfirmed reports suggest that the terminal is not expected to be ready to commence operation until July/August

1992 at the earliest.

10.

Ren, has

introduce

Airport.

Universal Boss Ltd (UBL), a company wholly owned by Min indicated to the Director of Marine its intention to

ferry a

service between Hong Kong and Shenzhen According to the Company, it has signed an agreement with the Shenzhen Airport Company for exclusive right to operate

ferry service for the next 20 years. UBL plans to place orders for ferries capable of making the trip between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in one hour carrying 220 passengers.

a

11.

The Director of Marine has advised UBL that in principle the facilities at the China Ferry Terminal can be made available for the proposed service on a non-exclusive basis.

(b)

12.

Road Links

Airport and

existing and

The plan at Annex B illustrates the main road links likely to be available for use for transport between Shenzhen

Hong Kong in the immediate future. Overall, planned transport infrastructure on both sides of can generally cope, with no apparent need for major scope to meet the demand of road traffic generated by the use of passengers between Shenzhen Airport and Hong Kong.

the border

revision of

13.

Citybus has signed an agreement with the Shenzhen

Airport Company which would allow the former to operate an

exclusive route between Shenzhen airport and Kai Tak, and

non-exclusive routes between Shenzhen Airport

Tsui/Central, for a period of 20 years.

subject to the approval of the Guangdong authorities and

Shenzhen Municipal Government.

and Tsim Sha

The agreement is

At the meeting of the Joint

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