WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992
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SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO KCRC TERMINAL UNLIKELY
IN
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ΤΟ PASSENGER FACILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EXISTING KCR HUNG HOM THE NEAR FUTURE.
TERMINAL
SECURITY, MR
IAN
THE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR
IN REPLY TO A STRACHAN,
QUESTION BY THE HON PEGGY LAM IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THE ONLY IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE ARE AIR-CONDITION THE CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION HALL," HE SAID.
ΤΟ
IT
HE SAID DISCUSSION WAS UNDER WAY WITH THE KCRC IN A HOPE TO DO BY MID NEXT YEAR.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING TERMINAL COPE WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
WAS
NOT
DESIGNED
ΤΟ
ΤΟ
IT WAS BUILT IN 1975, FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE THROUGH-TRAIN SYSTEM WAS CONSIDERED, AT A TIME WHEN ALL PASSENGERS FOR CHINA HAD CHANGE AT LO WU.
"THEREFORE, NO PROVISION WAS MADE FOR CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION
FACILITIES.
"THESE HAD TO BE IMPROVISED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING," MR STRACHAN SAID.
EXPLORED
THE
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A PURPOSE-BUILT HALL WITH BETTER FACILITIES FOR THE COMFORT OF PASSENGERS.
POSSIBLE IN THE
"BUT THE EXISTING TERMINAL OFFERS LITTLE SCOPE FOR THIS AND IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE NEAR FUTURE,
I
HE SAID.
0
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS EFFECTIVE IN NORTH AND TAI PO
THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY EFFECTIVE AND ADEQUATE IN NORTH AND ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICTS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
THEREFORE, THERE HAS BEEN NO NEED TO ESTABLISH AREA COMMITTEES (ACS) IN THESE DISTRICTS, NOR ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO FORM AC'S IN NEAR FUTURE, MR SUEN SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG HE SAID HOWEVER, THE SITUATION WOULD BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW.
CHI-WOOD,
/ACS WERE