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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988
PLANS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT LINKS WITH CHINA
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THE ECONOMIC PROVINCE, THE SECRETARY FOR SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
IMPROVE
ACTIVELY PURSUED TO BEING EXPANSION PLANS ARE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TO COPE WITH HONG KONG'S INCREASING LINKS WITH CHINA, ESPECIALLY GUANGDONG TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO
A
QUESTION
BY
THE HON
ON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN RAIL LINKS AND OTHER WHETHER THERE ARE PLANS TO EXTEND HONG KONG'S
SAID THAT IN FORMS OF TRANSPORT LINKS WITH SOUTHERN CHINA, MR LEUNG THE PAST FEW YEARS MUCH HAD BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT LINKS WITH
BEEN MEASURES CHINA AND THAT INTERIM SHORT-TERM RELIEF.
HAD
ADOPTED
ΤΟ
PROVIDE
TRANSPORT LINKS ARE, PRESENT DEMAND. LONG-TERM
UNDER EXAMINED
THE SECOND PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
"AS A RESULT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, OUR BROADLY SPEAKING, ADEQUATE IN MEETING THE
BEING PLANS ARE DEVELOPMENT
ALSO COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY AND THE STRATEGY STUDY," HE SAID.
ON RAIL LINKS, MR LEUNG SAID THAT RAIL FREIGHT WAS EXPECTED CONTINUE TO GROW AND DOUBLE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,
TO
"THE
LOOK
RAILWAY KOWLOON-CANTON
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS TO FACILITIES AT THE HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION.
INTO
THE
CORPORATION HAS
OF ADDITIONAL
EMPLOYED FREIGHT
A NEW MARSHALLING "TO MATCH THE EXPANSION PLAN FOR HUNG ROM,
PROJECTS ARE THESE PLANNED. BEING YARD AT LO WU IS
HE SAID. CONSIDERATION BY GOVERNMENT AND KCRC,'
UNDER JOINT
"
THAT SAID
THE NEW
WU LO
STATION
FOR PASSENGERS, MR LEUNG OPENED SINCE JANUARY LAST YEAR OFFERED MUCH IMPROVED FACILITIES.
MOVEMENTS,
"TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING CROSS BORDER PASSENGER
ONES HAS BEEN A FIFTH THROUGH TRAIN IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR REGULAR
TRAINS INTRODUCED. OTHER MEASURES INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF EXPRESS
WU TERMINAL, TO LO WU AND FURTHER EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AT LO SAID.
RE
TURNING TO ROAD
LINKS,
LEUNG MR
SAID THAT AS AN INTERIM ONE SOUTHBOUND MEASURE, MAN KAM TO ROAD WAS BEING WIDENED TO PROVIDE
CONFINED LANE AND TWO NORTHBOUND LANES TO ALLOW TRAFFIC QUEUING TO BE
OTHER TRAFFIC. TO ONE LANE, WIDENING WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE LEAVING
REMAINING
FOR LANE
THE
"IN ADDITION,