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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989

BUT, MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THE CO-ORDINATION POLICY SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO CHANGING DEMAND.

DID PROVIDE

CO-ORDINATION POLICY,

CITING

AN EXAMPLE

OF MR LEUNG

THE

THE FLEXIBLE

THAT SAID RUSH HOURS,

APPLICATION

TO COPE BUS SERVICES

THE WITH

HAD

OF THE MTR BEEN ALTERNATIVE FOR

CONGESTION PROBLEM DURING INTRODUCED ALONG THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR TO GIVE AN

MTR COMMUTERS.

1

FAR WE CAN GO. "THERE IS, HOWEVER, A PRACTICAL LIMIT TO HOW

SHORTAGE OF BUS TERMINUS IN THE ONCE IMPORTANT CONSTRAINT IS THE URBAN CENTRES,' HE SAID.

WAS NOW

RAILWAY CORPORATION

TURNING TO RAIL SERVICES, HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT REVIEWING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MASS TRANSIT AND KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION,

FULL

INCLUDING THE

VIEWS ACCOUNT OF

OPERATION OF

TRANSPORT

OPERATIONS,

AND

WOULD BE SUGGESTIONS

WITH RAILWAYS, THE INTERFACE THE MONITORING AND CONTROL AND

TAKEN,

PUBLIC

BROAD

STRATEGIES.

IMPROVED

ON BUS SERVICES,

AND

EXPANDED AND

HE SAID THAT ΤΟ MEET THE IMPROVED ΤΟ

THEY WOULD TRAVELING SATISFY THE

CONTINUE TO

DEMANDS

PUBLIC'S

BE OF NEW GROWING

DEVELOPMENT AREAS,

EXPECTATIONS.

IT WAS THE

AS REGARDS FERRY SERVICES, MR LEUNG STRESSED THAT GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO PROMOTE FERRY SERVICES WHEREVER PRACTICABLE HELP RELIEVE ROAD CONGESTION.

HOWEVER, RECENT STUDIES HAD SHOWN VERY LIMITED SCOPE FOR

EXPANSION.

то

FERRY

COMPUTER ASSISTS IN FLEXIBLE ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT MEASURES

*

THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMMES CAN BE ADJUSTED TO TAKE

TRANSPORT DEMANDS AND DEVELOPMENTS.

DEVELOPMENT

INTO ACCOUNT FUTURE CHANGES IN

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL DEBATE ON LEUNG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY IN HONG KONG.

MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT COMPUTER TRANSPORT PLANNING MODEL

то FACILITATE

WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ENHANCED

UPDATING

THE

DATA

BASE.

/SHOULD THERE