WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1984
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HE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS VEHICLE EXAMINATION KIOSKS, TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, WOULD TRIPLE HONG KONG'S OWN CAPACITY TO CLEAR VEHICLES.
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BESIDES, A NEW BUILDING TO PROVIDE IMPROVED CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION FACILITIES FOR COACH PASSENGERS WOULD BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF 1985, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
+THE OPENING OF THE NEW CROSSING POINT AT SHA TAU KOK IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR SHOULD ALSO HELP TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AT MAN KAM TO BY OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES AND EASTERN SHENZHEN, + HE SAID.
NEW LO WU STATION TO SPEED CLEARANCE
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COMPLETION OF THE PERMANENT TERMINAL IN LO WU EARLY IN 1987 WOULD CONSIDERABLY IMPROVE THE TRAIN PASSENGER PROCESSING SYSTEM THERE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE NEW TERMINAL WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE 5 000 PERSONS AN HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION, AS AGAINST THE PRESENT LIMIT OF 4 000 PERSONS, MR SCOTT SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM.
MR SCOTT SAID THAT THE KCRC HAD A CARRYING CAPACITY WELL ABOVE 4 000 PER HOUR, BUT THROUGHOUT AT LO WU WAS GOVERNED BY THE SPEED BY WHICH PASSENGERS COULD BE PASSED THROUGH POLICE AND IMMIGRATION PROCESSES.
HE SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE AWARE THAT THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMMIGRATION FACILITIES WERE TEMPORARY, AND NO ONE WOULD DISPUTE THAT THEY WERE INADEQUATE.
THE TOTAL WAITING AREAS FOR IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE IN THE NEW TERMINAL WOULD BE FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN AVAILABLE AT PRESENT, HE SAID.
WITH REGARD TO KCR SERVICES BETWEEN LO WU AND KOWLOON, FOUR TRAINS RAN PER HOUR DURING PEAK PERIODS, AND THREE TRAINS PER HOUR OFF-PEAK.
THE CONGESTION AT LO WU WAS DUE TO THE TIME NECESSARILY TAKEN FOR PROCESSING PASSENGERS, NOT TO PASSENGERS WAITING FOR TRAIN SERVICES TO KOWLOON, HE SAID.
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