WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993
HE SAID PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMUTERS COULD ALSO EXPECT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES TO BE MADE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BETTER PASSENGER LIAISON MACHINERY.
MR LEUNG SAID MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION (MTRC) HAD MADE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES ON TRAIN, TICKET AND ESCALATOR RELIABILITY AND KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION (KCRC) WOULD INTRODUCE SIMILAR PLEDGES IN MID-1993. BOTH RAILWAY CORPORATIONS WOULD FURTHER IMPROVE THEIR PASSENGER LIAISON NETWORKS IN THE COMING YEAR.
"KMB IS NOW SETTING UP PASSENGER LIAISON GROUPS AND WILL BE INTRODUCING PERFORMANCE PLEDGES LATER IN THE YEAR. BOTH FERRY COMPANIES ARE IMPROVING THEIR PASSENGER LIAISON CHANNELS AND CMB IS REQUIRED то ESTABLISH SUCH CHANNELS UNDER THE NEW FRANCHISE IN SEPTEMBER, HE SAID.
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MORE FARE CONCESSIONS FOR THE ELDERLY WOULD BE INTRODUCED ON. PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS A RESULT OF THE BUDGET PROPOSALS ON WAIVING ANNUAL LICENCE FEES AND RENTALS FOR BUS AND FERRY COMPANIES.
IN HIS PRESENTATION, MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SPEND ABOUT $7
BILLION ON TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, INCLUDING $5.8 BILLION ON AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS.
"THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF $3 BILLION, OR 75% OVER THE REVISED EXPENDITURE IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. THESE FIGURES EXCLUDE THE BUDGET PROPOSALS OF $1 BILLION ΤΟ BE SPENT ON THE PROVISION OF EXTRA CLIMBING LANES ON TUEN MUN ROAD AND GOVERNMENT'S POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF $4 BILLION TOWARDS THE ROUTE 3 (COUNTRY PARK SECTION)," HE SAID.
WORK IS DUE TO COMMENCE THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ON THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY (NORTHERN SECTION) AT A COST OF $1.7 BILLION, THE RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE ($0.9 BILLION), THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR (YAUMATEI SECTION) ($0.5 BILLION) AND AN EXTENSION OF ROUTE 5 FROM SHEK WAI KOK TO CHAI WAN KOK ($0.5 BILLION).
PROJECTS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN THE YEAR INCLUDED THE MID-LEVELS ESCALATOR LINKING MID-LEVELS AND CENTRAL; AND THE YUEN LONG/TUEN EASTERN CORRIDOR.
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ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO CONDUCT DETAILED TRANSPORT STUDIES AND TO INTRODUCE MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF AVAILABLE ROAD SPACE.
"THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM IS BEING UPGRADED EXTENDED, WITH THE SYSTEM IN KOWLOON TO BE REPLACED BY 1995 AT A OF $130 MILLION.
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"A NEW SYSTEM COSTING $65 MILLION WILL BE INSTALLED AT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHILE PLANNING IS ALSO IN HAND FOR INSTALLATION OF A SIMILAR SYSTEM IN SHA TIN, HE SAID.
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