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MONDAY, JULY 18, 1983

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TSUEN WAN STATION CAR PARK OPENS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S SECOND MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OPENED TODAY (JULY 18), PROVIDING MOTORISTS OF TUSEN WAN WITH 618 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES.

SITUATED AT SAI LAU KOK ROAD OPPOSITE THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION, THE CAR PARK IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE PARK AND RIDE ACCESS TO THE RAILWAY, BESIDES MEETING GENERAL PARKING NEEDS IN THE AREA.

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, MR WILFRED NEWTON POINTED OUT THAT THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE CAR PARK IS BEING USED AS A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE FOR BOTH MAXICABS AND TAXIS WHICH WILL ALSO PROVIDE FEEDER SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE WITH THE MTR.

*THE NEED FOR PARK AND RIDE FACILITIES WAS RECOGNISED SOME TIME AGO AND SHORTLY AFTER THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN LINE, WE BEGAN OPERATING À TEMPORARY CAR PARK ON THE TAI HO ROAD FLYOVER ABOVE TSUEN WAN STATION.

+THIS HAS PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR, AND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS FACILITY, UNTIL TAI HO ROAD FLYOVER OPENS FOR GENERAL TRAFFIC USE.

+IN A BROADER SENSE, SUCH FACILITIES WILL HELP REDUCE ROAD CONGESTION AND, BY DOING SO, CONTRIBUTE TO AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG, MR NEWTON SAID.

AMONG THE OFFICIATING GUESTS WERE MR JAMES SO, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT AND MR JOSEPH LEI, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

CHARGES OF THE TSUEN WAN STATION CAR PARK HAVE BEEN SET

AT A RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL, SAME AS THE KWAI FONG CAR PARK OPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO. TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM UTILISATION: $2 PER HOUR FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM AND $1 AN HOUR FROM 6 PM TO 8 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE MONTHLY TICKET WILL COST $400.

THE TSUEN WAN STATION CAR PARK AND OTHER GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS ARE LIKELY TO BE PUT TO PRIVATE MANAGEMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BOARD TO HEAR ABOUT NT STUDY

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TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS W LL BE BRIEFED ON THE NORTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES STUDY AT A SPEC AL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 20).

THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER OF THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR K.W. YU, WILL TALK ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STUDY, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TAI PO NEW TOWN.

/AT THE

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