The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways conducted a visit today (13 December) to the construction site of the West Kowloon Terminus ("WKT") of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link ("XRL") to better understand the works progress.

Accompanied by the Chairman - Designate and the Chief Executive Officer of the MTR Corporation Limited, Professor Frederick MA and Mr Lincoln LEONG respectively, members of the Subcommittee first visited the Express Rail Link Visitor Centre at Austin Station of the West Rail Line to obtain more information on the design of the works.

Members then visited the construction site of the WKT of the Hong Kong Section of XRL to observe the facilities at the platform level. They were also briefed by the representatives of the MTR Corporation Limited on the structural works of the Station Entrance Building at WKT as well as the latest progress of the works.  

The Subcommittee will hold a special meeting tomorrow (14 December) at 10:45 am in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex to discuss the Hong Kong Section of XRL.  The visit has assisted members of the Subcommittee to gain a better understanding of the latest position of the works.  The discussion paper of the meeting can be found the following webpage: 
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr15-16/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/agenda/rdp20151214.htm

Members participating in the visit included Hon CHAN Han-pan, Chairman of the Subcommittee, Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Deputy Chairman of the Subcommittee, and  Hon Claudia MO, Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun, Hon TANG Ka-piu, Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok and Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun, who are Subcommittee members, as well as Hon TAM Yiu-chung, Hon IP Kwok-him, Hon KWOK Wai-keung and Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan who are non-Subcommittee members.

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Legislative Council Members visit the Express Rail Link Visitor Centre to obtain more information on the design of the works.

Legislative Council Members visit the construction site of the West Kowloon Terminus of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and receive a briefing by the representatives of the MTR Corporation Limited on the latest progress of the works.

Legislative Council Members visit the platform level of the West Kowloon Terminus of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

Legislative Council Members take a group photo at the construction site of the West Kowloon Terminus of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Members participating in the visit included Hon CHAN Han-pan (seventh right), Hon WONG Kwok-hing (tenth right), Hon Claudia MO (fourth left), Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun (third left), Hon TANG Ka-piu (third right), Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (ninth right), Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun (fourth right), Hon TAM Yiu-chung (sixth right), Hon IP Kwok-him (fifth right), Hon KWOK Wai-keung (second right) and Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan (fifth left).

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