STATEMENT ON RAIL LINK
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1992
TRANSPORT YET BEEN
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BRANCH CLARIFIED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT NO PROPOSAL HAD RECEIVED FROM KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION (KCRC) TO BUILD A RAIL LINK FROM KWAI CHUNG TO THE BORDER.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE KCRC'S PLAN TO BUILD SUCH A RAILWAY WAS A PRELIMINARY IDEA ARISING FROM THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH MUST BE LOOKED AT FURTHER IN THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT RAILWAY STUDY WHICH IS DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
DEVELOPMENT
"THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL RAIL LINK TO THE BORDER IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS BEING EVALUATED AS PART OF THE STUDY," HR SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO STRESSED THAT PUBLIC VIEWS WILL BE TAKEN FULLY INTO ACCOUNT IN DRAWING UP LONG-TERM RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE TERRITORY.
INQUIRY INTO SEA ACCIDENT CALLED
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THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER, TODAY (THURSDAY) APPOINTED TWO SURVEYORS OF SHIPS TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO THE 11,400-TONNE CONTAINER VESSEL "PUERTO CORTES" WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THE WESTERN WATERFRONT.
THE SURVEYORS ARE CAPTAIN JEROMY CARO, NAUTICAL SURVEYOR AND MR LAI YING-KEUNG, ENGINEER SURVEYOR.
THE
THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUIRY IS TO IDENTIFY ACCIDENT WITH A VIEW то RECOMMENDING ACTION ΤΟ INCIDENTS IN FUTURE.
CAUSES OF THE PREVENT SIMILAR
THE INQUIRY IS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18 OF THE PILOTAGE ORDINANCE AND THE FINDINGS OF THE INQUIRY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE.
ABOUT 10.48 AM ON MONDAY (MAY 25) THE PILOTED WESTERN DISTRICT PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA SEA-WALL. REPORTED IN THE ACCIDENT.
VESSEL HIT THE
NO INJURY
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