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3.2.18 Mr.

Railways

So replied that the Bong Kong Government had no

objection ir principle to goods being transported to

Hong Kong by vehicles licensed in Guangdong or

Shenzhen. The problem lay with the liscensing standards

because the requirements for licensing in

Shenzhen/Guangdong were different from those in Hong

Until officials from both sides came together to

iro out these differences, he felt that the situation

on the issue

licensing goods vehicles of

Guangdong/Shenzhen origin to enter HF would be unlikely

to change significantly.

Kong.

of

3.2.19 Mr. Hu continued by saying that both on-site

observations and statistics provided revealed that at present the section of railway between Guangzhou and

Shenzhen encountered some difficulties of meeting the required transhipment to Hong Kong. This situation was

expected to improve after the completion of the railway between FergYang and Guangzhou and the electrification

and double-tracking of the section between Sherzhen and

Guangzhou. When the works were completed, 9 pairs of

trains per day could run both ways between Guangzhou and

Hong Kong via Shenzhen. Ee was concerned about the handling capacity at the border before the expansion of

the Hung Hom Terminal which was expected to handle about

9 million tonnes cf cargo annually.

3.2.20 In accition, Nr. I pointed out

By

that the train from

Guangzhou and Shenzhen required 650 m length of sidings at freight terminal whereas the one planned in Hong Kong

was only 450 m long. This could be a constraint in the

railway freight capacity between Forg Kong and Guangdong

and was ar

area warranting futher considerations.