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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1975

EVEN WHERE DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED, FURTHER FLYOVERS AND DOUBLE-DECKED HIGHWAYS WOULD INEVITABLY ADD TO AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND WOULD PERMANENTLY IMPAIR THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE.

BY CONTRAST, THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A QUICK AND EFFICIENT MEANS OF MOVEMENT FOR WELL OVER A MILLION

THIS MOVEMENT WILL BE PASSENGERS A DAY BY THE MID-1980'S. UNDERGROUND SO THE ROAD SYSTEM WILL DE DETTER ABLE TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE INCREASE IN OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT.

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY WILL ALSO CREATE MORE JOBS AT A TIME THEY ARE BADLY NEEDED AND WILL DEMONSTRATE HONG KONG'S CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE.

THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED: +THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY WILL AUGMENT EXISTING FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 1980'S. IT PASSES BENEATH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION IN THE WORLD, AND WILL CONSEQUENTLY BE THE MOST HEAVILY UTILISED URBAN RAILWAY FOR ITS SIZE IN THE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

+MEET THE MEDIA+

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A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSF JELD HOUSE.

ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. F.M. WATSON.

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE MEETING COVERED. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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