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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1991

FIRST COMPREHENSIVE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY BEGINS TODAY

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JOINT THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (MONDAY) SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH A

OUT THE FIRST PHASE OF VENTURE CONSULTANT TO CARRY

THE RAILWAY

DEVELOPMENT STUDY (RDS).

AIM

THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WAS RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY TO BE CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG WITH THE

A OF

RAILWAY

WITH THE STRATEGY COMPATIBLE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TERRITORY UP TO 2011.

RECOMMENDING

OVERALL

ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE FUTURE LAND USE THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

GOVERNMENT "FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WILL ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY'S RAILWAY NETWORK WITH DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVE THEIR PROPER INTERFACING,

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OF THE RAILWAY TRANSPORT

THE STUDY WILL REVIEW THE TIMING AND PRIORITY PROJECTS WHICH WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IN 1989 ALONG WITH OTHER RAILWAY PROPOSALS SUGGESTED BY TRANSPORT STUDIES OR PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.

VARIOUS

ESTABLISH A TRANSPORT

WILL "THE FINDINGS OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RDS RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR PASSENGER AND FREIGHT THE FORM OF AN OPTIMAL RAILWAY NETWORK AT VARIOUS TIME HORIZONS.

"A PRIORITY LIST OF THE SELECTED RAILWAY ROUTES WILL IMPLEMENTATION, CONSISTENT WITH UP IN THE ORDER OF THEIR AND LAND USE STRATEGIES AND AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES.

IN

BE DRAWN TRANSPORT

OF THE PROTECTION,

"IT WILL ALSO ESTABLISH THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENTS SELECTED RAILWAY ROUTES FOR DEFINING THE EXTENT OF ROUTE HE SAID.

STUDY WOULD FOR THE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID A SEPARATE SECOND PHASE OF THE ESTABLISH A RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME AND PACKAGE RAILWAY PROJECTS SELECTED FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

OF THE STUDY, THE AND ORGANISATION OF THE

"BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE FIRST PHASE GOVERNMENT WILL DECIDE ON THE SCOPE, SCALE SECOND PHASE,' HE SAID.

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WILL BE SUPERVISED HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT. IT WILL TAKE

BY

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THE STUDY, COSTING ABOUT $11 MILLION, THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SOME OF THE MAJOR

PROPOSALS

THE

THE URBAN MRT EAST KOWLOON LINE, KOWLOON SKY RAIL, FREIGHT LINE TO

TO BE INVESTIGATED UNDER RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY INCLUDE THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES LINK, THE MTR TSEUNG KWAN O EXTENSION, POSSIBLE EXTENSION TO TAI WAI AND MA ON SHAN, THE ISLAND SOUTH RAPID TRANSIT AND A POSSIBLE DEDICATED THE BORDER.

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