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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1992

IN ADDITION, $567 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON ROAD MAINTENANCE.

ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, MR LEUNG SAID ABOUT

AND COMING YEAR THE ROUTES WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN ADDITIONAL AIR-CONDITIONED BUSES WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO USE ENDORSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

20 NEW BUS 130 ABOUT

ON ROUTES

FROM FUEL TAX WILL MEAN

"THE EXEMPTION OF FRANCHISED BUSES THAT FARE LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN STABLE IN 1992," HE SAID.

OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES IN

ARE:

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*

THE PIPELINE

PROVISION OF SEVEN MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINI FIVE FOR BUSES, ONE FOR GREEN MINI-BUSES AND ONE BORDER COACHES ;

COMPRISING FOR CROSS

ADDITIONAL

MORE EXPRESS BUS SERVICES AND FERRY SERVICES AND BUS PRIORITY SCHEMES TO RELIEVE PEAK HOUR CONGESTION IN MTR NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR;

AND TO

INTRODUCE

THE

MORE

MTR TO UPGRADE ITS SIGNALLING SYSTEM, TO REFURBISH STATIONS, TO REPLACE VENTILATION ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT;

EQUIPMENT

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KCR TO DEVELOP THE HO TUNG STATIONS;

LAU WORKSHOPS AND

то

IMPROVE

*

CENT LATER

TO UPGRADE THE TIN

LRT TO INCREASE ITS CARRYING CAPACITY BY 40 PER THIS YEAR WITH THE DELIVERY OF 30 NEW VEHICLES, AIR-CONDITIONING OF ITS VEHICLES AND TO COMMISSION SHUI WAI LINK EARLY NEXT YEAR; AND

HYP TO STRENGTHEN ITS FERRY SERVICES TO TSING YI, AND OUTLYING ISLANDS AND TO CONSIDER BUYING MORE VESSELS.

TUEN MUN HIGH-SPEED

ON THE MANAGEMENT OF

STRATEGIC TRANSPORT

STUDIES STUDY,

USE, MR ROAD UPDATING OF

TRANSPORT

SAID LEUNG THE SECOND STUDY AND

THREE COMPREHENSIVE THE RAILWAY NEXT

MAJOR

DEVELOPMENT STUDY

YEAR.

THE FREIGHT THE

HAD BEEN LAUNCHED AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BY

A NEW AREA AT THE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVEL, MR LEUNG SAID

BY MID NEXT TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD BE COMPLETED IN TSUEN WAN YEAR WHILE PLANNING FOR A SIMILAR SYSTEM IN SHA TIN WOULD CONTINUE.

THE

INCLUDE IN THE COMING YEAR WILL IMPROVEMENTS OTHER UPGRADING OF THE KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS,

MANAGEMENT SCHEMES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 1,650 DISTRICT TRAFFIC THE TRIALS OF AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS AT TUNNELS.

AND

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