WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 19
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID THE MTR CORPORATION PREDICTED THAT BY 1986, THE MODIFIED SYSTEM AND THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION WOULD TOGETHER CARRY SOME 1.8 MILLION PASSENGERS A DAY, WHICH ESTIMATE HAD BEEN CONFIRMED BY AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT CHECK.
+ THE FARE STRUCTURES ASSUMED FOR THE COMBINED SYSTEM WILL BE HIGHER THAN CURRENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES BUT THE SPEED, REGULARITY, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF THE RAILWAY SHOULD AMPLY COMPENSATE FOR THE FARE DIFFERENTIAL, HE SAID.
MR. HADDON-CAVE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN ROLE NOW WOULD BE TO FACILITATE THE EFFORTS OF THE CORPORATION IN CONSTRUCTING THE EXTENSION.
+TO THIS END, FOR INSTANCE, QUICK ACTION WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN TO ACQUIRE AND CLEAR WORKS AND STORAGE SITES FOR THE CORPORATION= TO ACQUIRE EASEMENTS FOR THE RAILWAY STRUCTURES- AND TO PROTECT THE ROUTE OF THE RAILWAY.
+TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL HAVE TO BE PLANNED, AS WELL AS THE DIVERSION OF UTILITIES BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE UTILITY COMPANIES. SPECIAL CARE WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE WORKS WILL NOT IMPEDE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE CONTAINER TERMINAL.
+STATIONS AND THEIR ENTRANCES WILL HAVE TO BE LOCATED AND DESIGNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SURFACE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE FACILITIES AND BOTH COMPLEMENTARY AND SUPPLEMENTARY SURFACE TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL HAVE TO BE PLANNED,
+SOME PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED TO FIT IN WITH THE CORPORATION'S CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME AND EXISTING LEGISLATION WILL HAVE TO BE AMENDED TO MAKE IT APPLY TO THE EXTENSION.
+ADDITIONAL STAFF, MAINLY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WILL BE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS ON TIME,+ HE SAID.
AS SOON AS THE EXTENSION TO TSUEN WAN BECOMES OPERATIONAL, HE CONTINUED, SURFACE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FEEDER SERVICES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO LINK THE MTR STATIONS AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE TO PASSENGERS' ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS.
+THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED, HE SAID, +BY USING SOME OF THE BUSES AND PLB'S OPERATING IN MTR CORRIDORS BEFORE THE RAILWAY BECOMES OPERATIONAL AND THUS THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY WILL BE SECURED FOR THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
+TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE IN HAND TO WORK OUT HOW BUSES AND PLE'S MAY COMPLEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT THE MTR TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF ROAD AND KERBS IDE SPACE, HE SAID.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS WORKED OUT FOR THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM WOULD APPLY TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EXTENSION.
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