WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1982
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HE SAID THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT CORRUPTION AS A DAY-TO-DAY OCCURRENCE. BUT CORRUPTION IS STILL MUCH IN EVIDENCE AS SHOWN BY THE RECORD NUMBER OF REPORTS ABOUT CORRUPTION RECEIVED DURING 1981, HE SAID.
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PROSECUTED AND PERSONS CONVICTED FOR CORRUPTION OR ALLIED OFFENCES - AT 509 AND 358 RESPECTIVELY - WERE ALSO THE HIGHEST FIGURES RECORDED SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1976.
+ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT STATISTICS DO NOT PROVIDE A TRUE INDEX OF THE STATE OF CORRUPTION, AND OF THE SUCCESS OF THE FORCES COMBATING IT, THE FEEDBACK OBTAINED FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DURING NEARLY 10 000 MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT WAS CERTAINLY REASSURING, HE ADDED.
TWO NEW KCR STATIONS
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TWO NEW STATIONS TO SERVE COMMUNITIES IN TAI WAI AND FO TAN IN ADDITION TO THE SHA TIN STATION, ARE INCLUDED IN THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY MODERNISATION/ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE PERMANENT TAI WAI STATION WILL BEGIN IN JULY NEXT YEAR, AFTER COMPLETION OF A TEMPORARY ALIGNMENT FOR RAILWAY TRAFFIC, WHICH IS NECESSARY SO THAT BUILDING CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT INTERFERENCE TO SERVICES,+ HE SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
IT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
HOWEVER, IT WAS ALSO INTENDED THAT A TEMPORARY STATION BE BUILT AT TAI WAI TO COPE WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FULL ELECTRIFIED SERVICE TO LO WU IN MID-1983.
A PROPOSAL AND REQUEST FOR FUNDS WOULD SHORTLY BE SUBMITTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS HOPED THE STATION COULD BE READY FOR USE BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE FO TAN STATION IS DUE TO START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY JULY 1984 AND WILL NOT INTERRUPT SERVICES.
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