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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990
WORK ON LRT EXTENSIONS IN TUEN MUN AND TIN SHUI WAI STARTS
WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) SYBTEM'S IN SHUI WAI EXTENSION IN LATE 1992, TIN SHUI WAI WILL BE A FULLY DEVELOPED NEW TOWN WITH A FUTURE POPULATION OF OVER 100,000, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT SERVICES), MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
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"THE TIN SHUI WAI LINK WILL NOT ONLY ENABLE RESIDENTS TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A MODERN AND CONVENIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, BUT WILL ALSO INSPIRE THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN ITSELF, MR LUI SAID AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY TO MARK THE START OF WORKS ON THE LRT EXTENSIONS IN TIN SHUI WAI AND TURN MUN.
HE NOTED THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE LRT EXTENSIONS IN TUEN TUEN MUN FERRY PIER TO YAU OI, YAU OI TO SAM SHING AND TOWN CENTRE TO TUEN MUN NORTHEAST.
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HE SAID TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG, NOW BEING SERVED BY LRT, WERE TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS WITH A COMBINED POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500,000.
WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN A FEW YEARS' TIME, THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG WOULD APPROACH THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION.
MR LUI SAID THE PRESENCE OF THE LRT GENERATED DESTINATIONS OPENED UP LAND ALONG THE ROUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
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THE SYSTEM, WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER 1988, NOW 41 STOPS, MANY OF WHICH SERVING AREAS WITH GREAT POTENTIAL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
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LINKING UP HOMES, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, SHOPPING CENTRES COMMUNAL FACILITIES, THE LRT HELPED CREATE A UNIFIED COMMUNITY, ALL MEMBERS OF WHICH HAD EASY ACCESS TO THE GROWING COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE, OTHER THAN FINDING IT EASY AND QUICK TO GO TO WORK AND SCHOOLS. MR LUI ADDED.
ANTI-POLLUTION PROSECUTION FIGURE RELEASED
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WERE FOUND GUILTY IN COURT OF BREACHING ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
THE LEGISLATION IS ENFORCED BY THE EPD. SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE MONTHLY.
/AS EPD
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