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COMMUNICATIONS
to Sha Tin, a distance of 7.14 miles, is 50 cents. Children under 12 pay half fare. The second class fare is 50 per cent more than the third, and first class is double. Quarterly and monthly tickets at cheap rates are available for all stations. For a quarterly ticket, the fare is the sum of 75 ordinary single fares and for a monthly ticket 30 ordinary single fares. Holders may use their tickets on any train and as many times as they like on any day.
Rolling stock in the British Section comprises nine diesel-electric locomotives, one rail-bus, 70 passenger coaches and 187 goods wagons. A new terminal station at Hung Hom is being planned, and workshops for both heavy and light repairs of locomotives and rolling stock are to be built in the New Territories on land which is now being reclaimed from the sea.
ROADS
There are 589 miles of road in the Colony maintained by the government; 198 of which are on Hong Kong Island, 172 in Kowloon and 219 in the New Territories. Except at a few intersections, traffic congestion has not yet reached the level experienced in most Western cities, but the growth in vehicle registration, coupled with economic and social conditions within the Colony, have necessitated a large road building and improvement programme to meet the ever increasing traffic demands. A total of $37.3 million was spent on major road projects and $17.9 million on road improvement and maintenance during the year.]{ }
On Hong Kong Island, work progressed satisfactorily on the Garden Road complex, a comprehensive project being constructed in stages to improve traffic flow along the Garden Road route connecting the mid and upper levels of the Peak area with the central district. The layout and planning of a limited access three- lane dual carriageway link for traffic between Harcourt Road and King's Road was completed. This waterfront road is designed to relieve congestion in the existing east-west routes and provide free access to the cross-harbour tunnel interchange.
In Kowloon, the final stage in the reconstruction of Nathan Road and the construction of the new link road between Tai Po Road and Castle Peak Road were both completed. The Princess Margaret flyover across the Argyle Street-Waterloo Road junction