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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978

REMODELLING OF LOW-ELOCK KCR STATIONS

INTO HIGH RISE COMPLEXES

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RAILWAY JOURNEYS INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL IN THE FUTURE BE INTERSPERSED WITH MODERN STATIONS LINKED WITH EXCELLENT PUBLIC ROAD TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

MULTI-XILLION DOLLAR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS ARE NOW UNDERWAY TO TRANSFORM THE PRESENT LOW-BLOCK RAILWAY STATIONS INTO HIGH RISE COMPLEXES.

CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS HAVE BEGUN AT SHA TIN AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $17 MILLION.

PWD WORKMEN ARE LAYING SIX NEW TRACKS AND BUILDING THREE NEW PLATFORMS.

REXT WILL BE AN AMENITIES BLOCK, AND PILING HAS STARTED FOR A COMPLETELY NEW STATION.

THE NEW COMPLEX WILL PROBABLY BE 10 STOREYS HIGH AND WILL ACCOMMODATE, IN ADDITION TO THE STATION, GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A BUS TERMINUS LINKED WITH THE STATION COMPLEX. PILING WORK HAS ALREADY COMMENCED ON THIS.

FURTHER OUT INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES WORK HAS STARTED ON PHASE ONE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AT SHEUNG SHUI.

AND NEXT MONTH TENDERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CALLED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE REMODELLING OF THE EXISTING MONG KOK STATION. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE SITE FORMATION FOR KCR STAFF QUARTERS.

THE EXISTING EUTE STREET EXTENSION WILL BE WIDENED PROVIDING CETTER VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE NEW STATION.

THE NEW MONG KCK RAILWAY STATION WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THAT PLANNED FOR SHA TIK AND WILL INCLUDE TWO 14-STOREY COMPLEXEC OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

AGAIN, A BUS TERMINUS WILL BE PROVIDED AT PODIUM LEVEL. COMPLETION DATE FOR THE MONG KOK STATION PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE NOVEMBER 1992.

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