SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1982
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LIMITED NUMBER OF PRIVATE CARS ALLOWED INTO CHINA SHORTLY
A LIMITED NUMBER OF THE BORDER AT MAN KAM TO BUSINESS PURPOSES.
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PRIVATE CARS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS INTO CHINA LATER THIS YEAR FOR STRICTLY
THE INTENTION IS TO ASSIST HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
INITIALLY THE ARRANGEMENT WILL BE ON A TRIAL BASIS, HE SAID.
BUSINESSMEN WITH SUBSTANTIAL INTERESTS IN THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE WHO WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FACILITY MAY APPLY TO THE MAN KAM TO PERMIT OFFICE AT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS NOT LATER THAN JUNE 1, 1982.
NEW UNIVERSITY STATION BUILDING ***
THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL START WORK SOON ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW UNIVERSITY STATION BUILDING AS PART OF THE ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
THIS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY STATION BUILDING AND BARRACK QUARTERS FOR KCR STAFF.
ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD STATION BUILDINGS AFTER THE NEW ONE IS COMPLETED.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW UNIVERSITY STATION, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD SERVE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MA LIU SHUI RECLAMATION AND MA ON SHAN AND THE ADJOINING CHINESE UNIVERSITY COMPLEX.
HE SAID THAT IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE MODERN, UP-TO-DATE FACILITIES FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING FROM THE UNIVERSITY STATION TO STATIONS BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND LO WU.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED.
WORK WILL START IN JUNE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY 1983.
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