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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1991
IN
"NEW TRAIN CARS ORDERED IN 1989 BEGAN TO ARRIVE
ENHANCE PUNCTUALITY AND SAID, "A NEW TRAIN TIMETABLE TO
ENCOURAGE TRAVEL BEFORE THE MORNING SAVINGS SCHEME TO INTRODUCED.
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1990," A SUNRISE PEAK WERE
AS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, SIR PIERS SAID THE PATRONAGE ROSE BY 13 PER CENT TO AN AVERAGE 235,000,
COUPLED THE GROWTH IN PATRONAGE RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TO $31 MILLION, HE SAID.
DAILY
WITH INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
DIVISION'S OPERATING LOSS
30 EXTENSION TO TIN
IN MARCH LAST YEAR, THE KCRC BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF NEW LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN SHUT WAD FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1992.
IN TUEN MUN APPROVED IN MILLION IN CAPITAL THREE YEARS, DEMONSTRATING DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TOGETHER WITH THE THREE EXTENSIONS 1989, THE CORPORATION WOULD SPEND MORE THAN $800 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT ITS FIRM COMMITMENT TERRITORIES, SIR PIERS SAID.
ΤΟ
THE
NEW
NORTHWEST
SHOWED
THAT FREIGHT
WAS TRAFFIC
SLIGHTLY
THE REPORT ALSO CURTAILED DURING THE YEAR.
ΤΟ WHILE IN-BOUND CARGO RECORDED A MODEST GAIN OF 1.4 PER CENT
CENT ΤΟ 1.1 3.3 MILLION TONNES, OUT-BOUND TRAFFIC DROPPED BY 18 PER MILLION TONNES.
IN OVERALL TERMS, SIR WELL LAST YEAR.
PIERS SAID THE CORPORATION
THE
COMMUNITY
Bi
"IT HAS SERVED EFFICIENT AND ECONOMIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND BY CONSTANTLY IMPROVING ITS SERVICES,
T+
PROVIDING
SAFE,
PERFORMED
RELIABLE,
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC HE SAID.
PROPERTY SPECULATION DEBATED IN LEGCO
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A
THREE-AND-A-HALF
NINETEEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS SPOKE IN HOUR MOTION DEBATE ON PROPERTY SPECULATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
COUNCIL
LANDS SPOKE ON
THE MOTION, MOVED BY THE HON LEUNG WAI-TUNG, WAS PASSED AN AMENDMENT MOTION BY THE HON KINGSLEY SIT WAS DEFEATED.
WHILE
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