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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1985
+TODAY, WE SEE THE COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS ONE BY ONE,+ MR SO NOTED.
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THE YEAR 1979 ALSO MARKED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST CROSS-BORDER ROAD PASSENGER SERVICE. THE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY OF GUANGDONG, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINESE INTERESTS, STARTED PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN THE TERRITORY AND VARIOUS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN CHINA. IN JUNE 1981, THE FIRST DIRECT PASSENGER COACH SERVICE RUNNING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU WAS INAUGURATED.
IN VIEW OF THE VERY LIMITED FACILITIES AND CAPACITY AT MAN KAM TO, A QUOTA OF 35 CROSSINGS EACH WAY PER DAY WAS SET ASIDE FOR COACH SERVICES IN 1984 AND, AT PRESENT, THE QUOTA AT MAN KAM TO WAS FULLY ALLOCATED TO 10 SEPARATE OPERATORS, MR SO SAID.
AS FOR THE SHA TAU KOK CROSSING OPENED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, A HIGHER QUOTA OF CROSSINGS FOR PASSENGER COACH SERVICES WAS SET AND SO FAR 37 CROSSINGS HAD BEEN TAKEN UP BY 17 SEPARATE COMPANIES, EIGHT OF WHICH ALSO OPERATED SERVICES THROUGH MAN KAM TO,
THUS AT PRESENT THERE ARE 19 COMPANIES RUNNING 72 COACH CROSSINGS THROUGH MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK EACH WAY EVERY DAY WITH A CAPACITY FOR CARRYING NEARLY 6 000 PASSENGERS DAILY,
IN MAY 1982, THE CHINESE AND HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ALSO AGREED TO ALLOW A SMALL NUMBER OF PRIVATE CARS TO CROSS THE BORDER. INITIALLY 100 PERMITS WERE ISSUED TO OWNERS OF PRIVATE CARS WITH LEGITIMATE BUSINESS VENTURES IN CHINA TO CROSS THE BORDER AT MAN KAM TO. SINCE THEN A TOTAL OF 251 SUCH PERMITS HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR MAN KAM TO AND 72 FOR SHA TAU KOK.
MR SO SAID THAT, TO CATER FOR THE GROWING DEMAND FOR A MORE CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE AND PERSONALISED FORM OF CROSS-BORDER TRANSPORT, 50 CROSS-BORDER PERMITS WERE ISSUED TO FIVE COMPANIES EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO PROVIDE LIMOUSINES-FOR-HIRE SERVICE.
SIR JOHN VISITS FACTORY ***
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY AND A WATCH FACTORY IN ABERDEEN TO SEE SOME OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN LOCAL MANUFACTURING.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR P.E. JOHNSON, SIR JOHN FIRST VISITED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES LTD. AT WONG CHUK HANG ROAD. HE WAS WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY SIR Y.K. PAO, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO. LTD., WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE SDL.
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