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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988

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SECOND CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT STUDY COMMISSIONED

THE

GOVERNMENT HAS COMMISSIONED THE SECOND CROSS HARBOUR ΤΟ ASBESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES STUDY TO REVIEW THE CURRENT, AND

SERVICES UP THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO 1996.

AWARDED

то

BY

AND

WAS THE CONTRACT FOR THE STUDY, COSTING $580,000, THE TRANSPORT PLANNING ASSOCIATES, AND WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY}

FOR THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD SCURFIELD,

THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSULTANCY, MR MICHAEL MCCRORY.

TRANSPORT SERVICES

STUDY WAS NEED FOR

THE FIRST CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN 1985 TO ASSESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES UP TO 1991.

USE

AND

TRANSPORT

IN LIGHT OF THE CHANGES IN LAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE

PROPOSED THAT TRANSPORT STUDY RESULTS IN LATE 1988, IT IS

A SECOND CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES STUDY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED.

THE STUDY WILL REVIEW THE 1988 TRANSPORT NETWORK AND PRODUCE TRANSPORT TRAVEL FORECASTS OF THE 1991 AND 1996 CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC

TRANSPORT MODELS DEMAND, WITH THE AID OF

THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY.

DEVELOPED

IN

1989, AS THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING WILL OPEN IN

THE STUDY CROSS HARBOUR BUS WILL LOOK INTO THE COMPATIBILITY AND VIABILITY OF AND FERRY ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.

FREE TRADE EQUATES WITH GREATER PROSPERITY

HONG KONG OPERATES A COMPLETELY FREE MARKET WHICH WAS OPEN TO

THE ALL ON AN EQUAL BASIS, THE DIRECTOR OF

HONG KONG

AND ECONOMIC

IN TRADE OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, MR PETER JOHNSON, SAID LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR JOHNSON, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE GREATER LOS ANGELES WORLD TRADE CENTRE ASSOCIATION, TOLD HIS AUDIENCE OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES THAT HONG KONG BELIEVES THAT THE MORE FREEDOM PROSPERITY OF THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO TRADE, THE GREATER THE ALL ROUND THOSE WHO ARE TAKING PART IN IT.

"IT IS A NATION'S OVERALL GLOBAL TRADING BALANCE THAT MATTERS, NOT SO MUCH ITS INDIVIDUAL BI-LATERAL RELATIONSHIPS.

INDEED ANY