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manoeuvre without creating unacceptable congestion. such circunstaneus, caly, an underground railway would provide a relirble and spoody means of transporting large numbers of perple in the areas it wuld serve, as well as helping to relieve congestion on the surface as has boon the experience in recent years in a growing number of civils.
This conclusion has been anmived at after the most detailed and careful study even a number of years.
The
alvomotivos, such as a surface rass transit system, Auble-docking of the main routes in the urban area, building mmo and wider anads (which would involve the warlesale rosumption and demolition of buildings), etc.,
uld cither not be sufficicnt to meet the problem or
would be more costly, or both.
The alternative of not providing an adequate belution to the problem and accepting the resultant cergiation would, in its turn, bring a heavy economic and preind erst in terms of time lost on all journeys by all band users. Such a development would be bound to increaso costs all sound in the cconomy, reduce Hong Kong's competitiveness and lead to lower living standards and damage the quality and standard of life.
In view of this, the Provisional Authority has, over the leap tre mantle, dcvoloped a modified version of the The results Inicial Syster and ossossud its viability.
of this intensive exercise have been considered by the Governor in Council and approved in principle.
The Modified Initial Systen sucks a maximum return on invostunt by selecting, from the Initial Bysten, those sucri, na ef hire which run through the most densely pranin suâ urban districts and which are, therefore, the
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