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Thursday, June 8, 1972

"The Public Works Department with an appropriately increased staff

will continue to administer the Mass Transit Railway project through this

stage in its development and will also co-ordinate all other works, both

public and private, which are affected by or associated with the project.

"In particular and wherever possible, it is intended to make

relief road capacity available on alternative routes before construction

of the railway is due to commence in a given section of road and, to this

end, various P.W.D. road and other projects such as the move of the

K.C.R. Tsim Sha Tsui station to Hung Hom will be accelerated. A

close check is being maintained on all private developments to ensure

that they will have minimal effect on the railway when the latter is

constructed."

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