TNAG-1512-FCO40-2070-Kowloon-Canton-highway-and-Kowloon-Canton-Railway-Corporatio-1986 — Page 194

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138 Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- W wealth Affairs, If he will seek the extension of the study of new transport links between Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, Tai Po and Yuen Long, and Sheung Shui and Yuen Long to include consideration of those links being built as extensions of the Kowloon-Canton Railway system or the Mass Transit Railway system as well as the proposed light rail transit system, and if he will make a statement.

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ANSWER

The

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undertaken by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation,

will study only light rail transit extensions. However,

if the patronage forecasts indicate that a heavy rail

extension may be more suitable,

more suitable, the Corporation will not

ignore that conclusion.

At the same time the mass

Transit Railway Corporation is also studying the

alternative of a mass transit railway extension from

Tsuen Wan to Yeun Long.

These matters are totally within the competence of the

Hong Kong Government, which will in due course evaluate

all options before making a decision.

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