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22.

Three major road systems are planned to connect the airport with

Shenzhen. One highway, with a light rail reserve, is under construction. Travel time

is expected to be 20 minutes. The Shenzhen Airport Corporation is planning with

Citybus of Hong Kong to offer bus services to its passengers from the airport directly

to Hong Kong via Lok Ma Chau. A 1 000 ton-class passenger ferry terminal has also

been built along the seashore of the airport with two berths each for 500 ton-class

passenger hovercrafts. Discussions are in hand with Mr. Huang Zhouxuan (1),

owner of Parkview Development of Hong Kong, to put two hovercrafts into operation

in 1992 to serve a proposed route to the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal.

23.

Initially all flights will be domestic, serving 21 major cities in China. The

first flight is scheduled to take place on 26 November 1991 to Beijing and Shanghai.

International flights are still being negotiated and the Shenzhen Airport Authority is

unable to give a date for the envisaged first flight.

GUANGZHOU

Briefing by the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission on 16 November 1991

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Representatives of the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission, led