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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992
ON THE RECLAMATION AREA'S TRANSPORT LINKS, MR EASON SAID THE
HOM PROPOSED HUNG
BYPASS AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD LINK WOULD. PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK FROM HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION ΤΟ PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD.
"THE LINK WILL ALSO CONNECT WITH CHATHAM ROAD AND WITH CHEONG то WAN ROAD AT THE KCRC PODIUM AND, THEREFORE, GREATLY IMPROVE ACCESS THE KCR TERMINAL AND HONG KONG COLISEUM," MR EASON SAID.
THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY FOR THE PROJECT WILL SOON BE COMPLETED AND DETAILED DESIGN WILL START LATER THIS YEAR.
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IN MR
"CONSTRUCTION IS DUE TO START IN EARLY 1995 FOR COMPLETION 1998 SO AS TO TIE IN WITH DEVELOPMENT ON THE EARLY
RECLAMATION,
EASON SAID.
PRIORITY GIVEN TO NEW BUS ROUTES TO SERVE NEW TOWNS * * * * * *
THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GIVES PRIORITY TO ACCOMMODATING ROUTES FROM THE NEW TOWNS WHERE THERE IS A DEMONSTRABLE DEMAND WHICH COULD NOT BE MET BY ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES.
NEW BUS PASSENGER TRANSPORT
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, OF THE 55 NEW BUS ROUTES INTRODUCED BY KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (KMB), 34 PROVIDED REGULAR SERVICES LINKING THE NEW TOWNS WITH THE URBAN CENTRES,
OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, KMB PLANS TO INTRODUCE EIGHT NEW BUS ROUTES FROM THE NEW TOWNS TO THE URBAN CENTRES, OF WHICH HALF WILL TERMINATE AT YAU-TSIM OR CENTRAL.
IN ADDITION, DEMAND IS ALSO MET PARTLY BY RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICES WHICH SUPPLEMENT FRANCHISED BUSES DURING RUSH HOURS BUT DO NOT TAKE UP TERMINAL SPACE.
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, 29 RESIDENTIAL COACH ROUTES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO CARRY NEW TOWN RESIDENTS DIRECT TO THE URBAN CENTRES. OF THESE ROUTES, 12 OF THÊM PENETRATED YAU-TSIM AND CENTRAL.
MR LEUNG SAID ADDITIONAL OFF-STREET BUS TERMINAL FACILITIES WERE BEING PLANNED, INCLUDING A NEW BUS TERMINUSAT SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI, INTEGRATED TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES ON THE WEST KOWLOON AND CENTRAL RECLAMATIONS, AND POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MONG KOK KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINAL COMPLEX.
WHERE NECESSARY, ON-STREET BUS TERMINAL IS ALSO SUPPLEMENT OFF-STREET TERMINAL FACILITIES.
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