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Tong Shan tunnel had increased the throughput at Sha Tau Kok considerably, to over 1,100 a day. The Chinese might soon need to expand their parking area there (currently designed to take 1,500). He understood that Hong Kong Immigration Department would have difficulty handling more traffic at Sha Tau Kok, and also that it could take two or three years to widen the roads on the Hong Kong side.
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The Secretary for Transport briefed the Chinese on our expansion plans at Man Kam To. On Sha Tau Kok, we thought that traffic was constrained by the relatively high toll on lorries passing through the new tunnel on the Chinese side. A lower toll would help. We were widening the road on our side and hoped to complete this work in much less than two years. Immigration Department and Customs and Excise were both making great efforts to overcome their staffing problems.
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Li Guangzhen agreed that the toll question should be looked at. Staffing was a problem for both sides.
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Secretary for Transport described our proposals for Lok Ma Chau. We estimated a capacity of 40,000 vehicles per day, making over 50,000 a day for the whole border compared with 12,000 now. That should be enough for the rest of the
century.
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The Shenzhen Director of Transport (a Mr Sun?) said that Shenzhen had now decided to build its new airport at Huangtian (22°37'11"N, 113°49'9"E), near the new highway and the cities of the Pearl River Delta. Its main purpose
would be domestic services. The Chinese were still studying the question of how large it should be. They hoped to start construction this year, and complete within three years.
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The Governor asked the Mayor to summarize the advantages of Shenzhen to the foreign businessmen compared with the cities of the Pearl River Delta. Li Hao said that a heavy
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