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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988
TEMPORARY
VEHICLE
VEHICLES,
FOR AREA FOR HE
500
"IN
HOLDING AREA ADDITION, A VEHICLES HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN SHEUNG SHUI. ANOTHER HOLDING 100 VEHICLES WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG BOUND ADDED.
THE SECRETARY ADDED THAT THE THIRD CROSSING CHAU WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED JOINTLY WITH CHINA.
POINT AT LOK MA
CONTROL IN APRIL
"STAGE ONE COMPRISING A DUAL TWO-LANE BRIDGE, A BORDER COMPLEX AND TWO VEHICLE HOLDING AREAS IS DUE FOR COMPLETION NEXT YEAR. STAGE TWO INVOLVING A SECOND BRIDGE WILL EARLY 1990. THE TOTAL PLANNED CAPACITY IS 40,000 VEHICLES A DAY.
"THERE
ALSO
ΤΟ ARE IS EXPECTED
START CONSTRUCTION PROJECTIONS, THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW MEET DEMAND UNTIL THE END OF THE CENTURY,
PLANS
то
REGARDING SEA
BE COMPLETED IN
+
TAU
ROAD. UPGRADE SHA
KOK NEXT YEAR. BASED ON PRESENT WORKS WILL BE ADEQUATE ΤΟ
MR LEUNG SAID.
LINKS, MR LEUNG SAID THAT HANDLING AREAS WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AT AP LEI CHAU,
QUARRY BAY. BY 1992, RAMBLER CHANNEL, CHAI WAN AND 1,300 METRES OF SEA FRONTAGE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
ADDITIONAL CARGO
AN ADDITIONAL
CHINA FERRY ON CROSS-BORDER FERRY TRAFFIC, HE SAID THAT A NEW
THIS TERMINAL AT TSIM SHA TSUI WOULD COME INTO OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER YEAR, REPLACING THE EXISTING TERMINALS AT TAI KOK TSUI AND CENTRAL.
A
"THE NEW TERMINAL CAN HANDLE 4,400 PASSENGERS PER HOUR, WITH
MILLION PASSENGERS PER YEAR, MAXIMUM DESIGNED CAPACITY FOR OVER 19
HE SAID. AN EIGHT-FOLD INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT PATRONAGE,
PROMOTION OF ADULT EDUCATION
THE GOVERNMENT
PROMOTES ADULT
VOLUNTARY
THE AGENCIES,
EDUCATION DIRECTLY THROUGH SUBVENTING
LEGISLATIVE
ACTING SECRETARY FOR
COURSES RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND INDIRECTLY BY COURSES PROVIDED BY EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON DOMINIC WONG, SAID IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PAULINE NG, MR WONG SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON
OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ORGANISED THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION BOTH FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL COURSES FOR ADULTS IN THE EVENING.
FORMAL COURSES COVERED THOSE IN BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION AT
HONG PRIMARY LEVEL, AND SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES LEADING TO THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION,
THE
KONG
/IT ALSO