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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1976

MTR-KCR INTERCHANGE STATION FEASIBLE

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THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID TODAY IT WAS FEASIBLE IN PRINCIPLE TO BUILD AN INTERCHANGE STATION AT KOWLOON TONG WHICH COULD BE USED BY BOTH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

+HOWEVER, MORE DETAILED EXAMINATION OF ITS PRECISE LOCATION, LEVEL AND LAYOUT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT MIGHT USE IT CAN BE HANDLED BY BOTH RAILWAY STATIONS, HE SAID.

IT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE DETERMINED, HE SAID, WHETHER THE TWO RAILWAY SERVICES COULD OPERATE SATISFACTORILY WHILE THE INTERCHANGE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

MR. MCDONALD WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE HON. CHUNG SZE-YUEN WHO ASKED WHEN THE RESULT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN INTERCHANGE STATION AT KOWLOON TONG WOULD BE MADE KNOWN.

MR. MCDONALD SAID THE STUDY WAS STILL IN PROGRESS AND WAS DEPENDENT ON OTHER INVESTIGATIONS PROCEEDING CONCURRENTLY. SUCH AS THE DOUBLE TRACKING AND REGRADING OF THE K.C.R. LINE THROUGH BEACON HILL AND PREDICTIONS OF PASSENGER PATRONAGE.

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