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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989

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PEAK CONGESTION FARE AIMED AT PASSENGER SAFETY

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DECISION THE

TAKEN BY THE

PARTICULARLY

THE GOVERNMENT IS SATISFIED THAT

THE PEAK-HOUR CONGESTION MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION TO RETAIN

PUBLIC INTEREST, FARE WAS MADE WITH FULL REGARD TO THE PASSENGER SAFETY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE LAM, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HON ALBERT

MR LAM SAID REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD CHOW,

MTR CORPORATION ALSO TOOK THAT APART FROM SAFETY, THE BOARD OF THE

ALONG THE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LEVEL OF MORNING PEAK HOUR DEMAND

RELIABILITY AND THE

OF TIME-TABLE SERVICES, NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR BEFORE IT TOOK THE DECISION TO RETAIN THE PEAK CONGESTION FARE.

"THIS DECISION WAS BASED ON THE FINDINGS

OF A RECENT SURVEY THE NEWLY COMPLETED BASTERN WHICH INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH

HARBOUR ALONG CROSSING HAS PROVIDED SOME RELIEF, THE MORNING PEAK HOUR DEMAND

SAFETY MARGIN OF 75,000 THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR STILL EXCEEDS THE PASSENGERS PER HOUR

WITHOUT IS WHICH

CONSIDERED TOLERABLE COMPROMISING PASSENGER COMFORT AND SAFETY,

HE SAID.

HOUR MR LAM SAID THAT TO CARRY MORE THAN 75,000 PASSENGERS PER

INCREASE THE RISK OF OVERCROWDING ON THE

IN DIFFICULTIES

EVACUATING PASSENGERS

IN ONE DIRECTION WOULD PLATFORMS, AND CAUSE SERIOUS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

"MOREOVER, THE RELIABILITY OF

TRAIN

AND SCHEDULES

PASSENGER

COMFORT WOULD ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED," HE ADDED.

IMPROVED CONTROL OVER PERCUSSIVE PILING

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THE GOVERNMENT

HAS

PERCUSSIVE PILING OPERATIONS SINCE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CONSIDERABLY

IMPROVED NOVEMBER 17,

HON THE

GRAHAM

ITS

THE

CONTROL SECRETARY BARNES, TOLD THE

OVER

FOR

THAT

OUT WITHOUT

A

WHO REFERRED ΤΟ AFFECTED BY NOVEMBER 17 PERCUSSIVE PERMIT UNDER THE NEW

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RITA FAN,

HAD BEEN ADVERSELY

A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN WAN CHAI NOISE, MR BARNES SAID THAT WITH EFFECT FROM

CARRIED

PILING COULD NOT BE SECTION 6(3) OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE.

/HE SAID