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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1978

HONG KONG TO ATTEND TRANSPORT SEMINAR IN BANGKOK

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TWO SENIOR TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WILL LEAVE FOR BANGKOK THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING TO ATTEND A 12-DAY SEMINAR ON URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING ORGANISED BY THE GERMAN FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

THEY ARE MR. PETER MILLER ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, WHO WILL PRESENT A PAPER ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IN HONG KONG, AND MR. CHOY HON-LEUNG, SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER, WHO WILL PRESENT A PAPER ON PARKING IN HONG KONG,+

SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICIALS FROM BANGLADESH, INDIA, INDONESIA, SOUTH KOREA, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA AND THAILAND WILL ALSO ATTEND THE SEMINAR.

SHA TIN RAIL STATION MOVES WEST *****

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FROM TUESDAY (DECEMBER 12) THE SHA TIN STATION WILL BE TEMPORARILY RESITED TO A LOCATION ABOUT 25 METRES TO THE WEST OF THE PRESENT STATION TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 10-STOREY STATION BLOCK.

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW STATION BLOCK IS PART OF THE RAILWAY'S MODERNISATION PROGRAMME.

HE ADDED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE NEW SHA TIN STATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1980.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT FACILITIES IN THE TEMPORARY STATION ARE BETTER THAN THE EXISTING ONE. THERE WILL ALSO BE FOOTPATHS LEADING FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE STATION TO THE STATION PLATFORM.

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