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All other transport undertakings, including the Kowloon-Canton
Railway and the two major ferry companies, also recorded substantial
increases in passenger traffic.
Other factors contributing to the new demands for transport
included the rapid expansion of industry and the development of new
towns in the New Territories.
To determine the lines along which future traffic patterns were
likely to develop, I. Leeds said, a Passenger Transport Survey Unit
was set up in 1964 with assistance from the British Road Research
Laboratory.
"The initial survey report was completed and published in 1966
and it was followed by two other important reports prepared by outside
consultants, the Mass Transport Survey and the Long Term Road Study
Report in which estimates were given of traffic demand up to 1986,"
he said.
These reports provided the basis for the current programme of
planning and development of Hong Kong's internal communications.
In addition, a new study of future transportation requirements
had just started and this would provide the guidance for the next 20
years or 80,
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