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Lo Wu Terminal extension opens on Monday
The $230m extension of the Lo Wu Terminal will be open on Monday (January 23) in time to cope with the upsurge in passenger traffic during the Lunar New Year period.
A spokesman for the Railways Division of the Highways Department administering the project said: "The extended terminal will almost double the present passenger handling capacity of 14,200 persons per hour to 26,000 for the two directions."
The extension, comprising a new south wing and a new east wing linking with the main building, will considerably increase the area of the departure hall on the ground floor and the arrival hall on the second floor.
It will enable the Immigration Department to provide 72 more counters and the Customs and Excise Department 30 more.
This will bring the total number of counters for immigration clearance to 160 (92 for arrival, 68 for departure) and for customs check to 64 (48 for arrival, 16 for departure).
The first floor of the extension will accommodate a new visitors' arrival hall for the Immigration Department to clear all non-Hong Kong residents arriving from China.
It would also enable the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation to expand its ticketing area for the convenience and comfort of train passengers.
The Highways Department spokesman said: "Construction of the main building was completed last month. But the overall completion of the extension will not be finished until March because workmen are still putting the final finishing touch to the two new wings."
End/Saturday, January 21, 1995