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(a) that the Mass Transit Railway Corporation

Ordinance be brought into operation

immediately;

(b) that, subject to satisfactory completion

of the documentation for the financial

arrangements:

(i) contracts should be let for the

construction and equipping of the

Modified Initial System; and

(ii) a motion should be introduced into

the Legislative Council to authorise

the giving of Government guarantees

for loans for the Modified Initial

System;

(c) that further consideration be given to

the land and property development arrange- ments for the Pedder/Chater, Admiralty and

Argyle sites;

(d) that the Home Affairs Department be re-

inforced to enable it to handle the problems

arising from the construction of the Modified

Initial System without prejudicing its other commitments e.g. towards the expansion of Mutual Aid Committees and the fight violent crime campaign;

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