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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992
NO DECISION ON RAIL LINK TO TSEUNG KWAN O
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DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO LINK THE MASS (MTR) TO TSEUNG KWANO AND THE QUESTION OF DELAY IN NOT ARISE.
TRANSIT RAILWAY COMPLETION DOES
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THIS IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG SAID WHETHER AND WHEN THE MTR COULD BE EXTENDED ΤΟ TSEUNG KWAN O WAS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY ALONG WITH OTHER POSSIBLE RAILWAY PROJECTS.
HE SAID THE STUDY WOULD INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY INDICATION OF THE TSEUNG KWANO PROJECT'S FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND ITS RESULTS SHOULD BE READY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
"IT IS PREMATURE AT THIS STAGE TO CONSIDER ANY FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS UNLESS AND UNTIL A DECISION IS TAKEN TO PROCEED, HE
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GENERAL APPROACH OF ECR5 WARMLY SUPPORTED
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD AT PRESENT COMPLETED ITS ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE WRITTEN COMMENTS ON ITS FIFTH REPORT (ECR5) FROM 103 EDUCATIONAL GROUPS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS.
REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW, SAID THE SUBMISSIONS COVERED MORE THAN 520 PAGES OF TEXT.
MR CHAN
"VIRTUALLY ALL SUBMISSIONS SUPPORTED THE GENERAL APPROACH OF ECR5, HE SAID. "INDEED, MANY EXPRESSED VERY WARM SUPPORT.
AN ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT SOME WANT FASTER PROGRESS AND EVEN WANTED MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
SOME
MANY EXPRESSED VIEWS ON DETAILS OF IMPLEMENTATION, PROVIDE HELPFUL REFERENCES FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS, ONCE THEY BECOME APPROVED POLICY.
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THERE WERE ALSO SOME WHO WONDERED WHETHER THE AND WILLING TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO FUND THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS.
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MR CHAN SAID THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MAKING A START NEXT YEAR ON A NUMBER OF MEASURES ARISING FROM ECR5.
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