* A cross border freight rail service from the proposed Port Rail Terminal at
Kwai Chung to China, via Lo Wu;
* A cross border passenger service from urban Kowloon to the proposed new
terminal at Lok Ma Chau, and through Lo Wu.
"I am particularly pleased to note that KCRC has confirmed that it is feasible to The extend the railway from Tuen Mun North to Tuen Mun Town Centre. Administration certainly supports this in principle and will do its best to achieve this," said Mr Barma.
"We have made a good start, now that we have received KCRC's proposal, and with the concerted efforts of all concerned we will work towards implementing the project," he added.
End/Friday, November 17, 1995
FS leaves for APEC Osaka meeting
The Financial Secretary, Mr Donald Tsang, is delighted that an ambitious and comprehensive Action Agenda for achieving the free trade goal of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) has been agreed by the ministers at Osaka, Japan, yesterday (Thursday).
Speaking at his departure for APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in Osaka this (Friday) afternoon, Mr Tsang said last year at Bogor in Indonesia, the APEC economic leaders had announced a visionary goal of free trade and investment flows in the Asia- Pacific region.
"The focus of this year's meeting is the consideration and adoption of an Action Agenda for achieving the goal of free and open trade and investment in the region by the year 2010 for developed countries and by 2020 for developing countries.
The Action Agenda agreed by the ministers will need to be endorsed by the Economic Leaders Meeting to be held on Sunday (November 19).