SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1990
KCR 80TH ANNIVERSARY A NOSTALGIC DAY: GOVERNOR
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THE
OF
KOWLOON-CANTON 80TH ANNIVERSARY
FAR WE HAVE COMB NOSTALGIC DAY AND IT IS ALSO A DAY FOR SEEING HOW
TODAY SINCE THE "GOOD OLD DAYS", THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID (SUNDAY).
THE
RAILWAY
IS A
OFFICIATING
AT
TRAIN JOURNEY TO
CANTON RAILWAY, SIR
DAVID SAID:
THE LAUNCHING CELEBRATE THE 80TH
"WHAT
FOR
OF THE NOSTALGIC CEREMONY
OF THE KOWLOON- ANNIVERSARY
WAY BETTER
OF CELEBRATING THE FUTURE THAN
A NOSTALGIC
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THE KCR'S SUCCESS AND ITS PLANS TRAIN JOURNEY TO RECALL THE PAST.
"LOOKING INTO THE
FUTURE
CHANGES, THE MORE NOSTALGIC THE PAST,
EXCITING. IS
BUT
THE
FASTER THE
"I HE SAID.
BOARDED PASSENGERS FIRST
SO IN THE MAGNIFICENT
THE RURAL THROUGH
THE
NEW
IS IT
COOLER,
THE GOVERNOR SAID WHEN THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY 80 YEARS AGO THEY DID
PENINSULA SHADOW OF THE
HOTEL TO
TERRITORIES TO REMOTE CHINA.
"TODAY'S JOURNEY MAY
BR
TRAVEL
ROMANTIC. LESS
BUT
CLEANER, FASTER AND YOU CAN DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY," HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THAT KCR COULD BE LOOKED AT IN TWO WAYS.
"IT IS A VITAL LINK WITH SOUTHERN CHINA;
A BOND BETWEEN THE WHICH OF THE LINE
END ONE TWO CITIES OF HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU; CAN, IF YOU WISH, FINISH AT VICTORIA STATION, LONDON.
FORM OF
"OR, AS IT IS FOR MANY HONG KONG PEOPLE, A WORKHORSE COMMUNICATION; A DAILY FORM OF TRAVEL; THE LINE WHICH ENABLES THEM TO ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON LEAVE CROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS ON HONG KONG
OF THE NEW AND TO COMMUTE TO WORK FROM THE MORE RELAXED ENVIRONMENT TOWNS AT SHA TIN, TAI PO AND FANLING."
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE RAILWAY HAD DEVELOPED A GREAT DEAL THE PAST 80 YEARS.
IS
FASTER; GETTING "AND THE SPEED OF CHANGE DIESEL IN 1962; FROM DIESEL TO ELECTRIC IN 1982.
"WHO KNOWS WHAT FUTURE CHANGES THE NEXT 80
THE GOVERNOR SAID.
IN
FROM
STEAM
TO
YEARS WILL HOLD,
IT EVERY SUCCESS SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THE KCRC AND WISHED AS THE RAILWAY GLIDED FORWARD INTO ITS NINTH DECADE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
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