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Enclos, in
hober of 6/12/201
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Statement of the Wishes of the
Hong Kong Goverment
dead his Kela
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with regard to the Rehabilitation of the
Chinese bection of the Canton-Kowloon Railway.
TRACK
Many more sleepers, probably some 30,000, are
necessary before express through trains um be run at the most
advantageous speeds and thereby attract all possible through
passenger traffic.
More ballast appears to be necessary in many places,
especially on the approaches to bridges where embankments
Bave settled.
LOCOMOTIVES.
Three ne
reas locomotives are now on
order by arrangements made between the Bang Kong dove rium en t
and the Provincial Goverment of Kwangtung, md are due for
delivery in England in April next. It will however not be
possible to obtain the best service from these locomotives
unless the track is made safe for fast running.
COACHING STOCK. The Chinese Section, to be in position
to supply its full quota of coaches and to meet emergencies,
requires at least twenty more coacher; sixteen however would
suffice for the immediate future.
When the Chinese section has to run troop trains, it
usually calls upon the British Section to replace Chinese
ösation thire class coaches on ordinary trains with British
Section stock. Thus the British Section is relied upon te
expend a disproportionate amunt of capital in providing
ocaching stock which should be found by the Chinese Section.
The Chinese Bection is unable to contribute any
stock towards Tourist Special trains.
The British Section is about to acquire eight more
coaches in anticipation of additional trains being necessary
when the three new locomotives are brought into service and