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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
ACCOMPANYING THE PARTY WAS MICHAEL LEUNG.
THE
SECRETARY
FOR TRANSPORT, MR
BRIEFED ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE $1 LORD GLENARTHUR WAS
AND YUEN BILLION LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL LINK TUEN MUN LONG, AND HAVE MORE THAN 23 KILOMETRES OF TRACK.
KONG, AND THE METHOD OF THE SYSTEM IS ENTIRELY NEW IN HONG
TRANSPORT HERE AS PASSENGERS TICKETING WILL ALSO BE UNIQUE IN RAIL WILL NOT NEED TO PASS THROUGH GATES OR BARRIERS AT TRAIN STOPS.
HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE OPEN FARE SYSTEM WILL RROVIDE A PASSENGERS, THEREBY ENHANCING OF CONVENIENCE FOR DEGREE EFFICIENCY OF THE LIGHT RAIL OPERATION.
HIGH
THE
AFTER TOURING THE CONTROL CENTRE, LORD AIR-CONDITIONED TRAIN FOR A SHORT RIDE.
GLENARTHUR BOARDED AN
THE END SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT
OF THE TRAIN RIDE, LORD SYSTEM WHICH GLENARTHUR DESCRIBED THE LRT AS AN EXCELLENT AND POPULAR
IN THAT PART OF HONG WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO LIVED
IT KONG, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE FUTURE, WHEN IT WAS POSSIBLE TO LINK ON TO THE REST OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
HE SAID VERY HIGH STANDARDS ASSURED BY THE SYSTEM.
OF ENGINEERING
AND SAFETY WERE
PRESS THAT HE HAD SEEN NEW THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS
LORD GLENARTHUR ALSO TOLD THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN AND PROPOSALS FOR PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES,
PRAISE FOR OVERSEAS BANKING INPUT
HONG
PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY'S UNIQUE MAJOR CENTRE IN THE
MR SECRETARY,
A
INTERNATIONAL DAVID NENDICK,
THE INTEREST OF OVERSEAS BANKS IN ESTABLISHING KONG HAS BLENDED ADMIRABLY WITH ATTRIBUTES TO MAKE HONG KONG A BANKING NETWORK, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
OF
DINNER
BANKERS,
MR
OF THE NENDICK
COUNTRIES WERE NOW
HONG KONG CENTRE OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE SAID OVER
BANKS 400 OVERSEAS
51 FROM SOME REPRESENTED IN HONG KONG IN ONE WAY
ANOTHER, THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WORLD'S TOP 100 BANKS.
OR
AND THIS INCLUDED
/HE NOTED