somewhereintime

Are there 100,000 HK people need to travel to GZ  back and forth everyday?(and can afford the fare)

Catpiano

How come this has became a

MORON vs NON MORON thread??

MoiRhapsody

武漢普通人民係唔會選擇搭高鐵去廣州。
係有更平既火車去，
所以根本唔夠客。

MoiRhapsody

學校同圖書館係"need"，
高鐵係"want"
你咁樣比係貶低你既智慧呀!

somewhereintime

20# peter236

2 members in LYK say I'm BSing, but they are despised by the rest of members that I do not know
personally. Point out my mistakes instead of name calling.
Who said Train traveling is always cheaper that air?  definitely not me.
High Speed Train is not an everyday commuter for average citizens like Skytrain,
How often would you use it if you were in Hong Kong? 5 days a week? Can you ask your
employer to pay for the monthly pass?
All the mass transit system in Hong kong make great profit, because of the
high population and heavy usage, but definitely not this one.
If the price difference is less than 20% compare to air flight, and only 2 trips
a day vs 16 flights, I cannot be convinced to use the train.
And the train only take you to the suburb  area, not Downtown GZ, I cannot see
the advantage for users in term of convenience and time saving.

ricrick

有小小腦都知硬膠
可惜香港d高官保皇工能議員全都硬過硬膠膠

peter236

20# peter236

2 members in LYK say I'm BSing, but they are despised by the rest of members that I do not know
personally. Point out my mistakes instead of name calling.
Who said Train traveling is a ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2010-1-15 22:00

Just go to Japan or Europe and see for yourself that highspeed railway is in big demand. In China, highspeed railway is designed to be cheaper and more convenient than air travel, and faster than driving your own car or taking the bus.
There are 300 million people moving into the major Chinese cities over the next few decades. Demand for highpseed railway is increasing rapidly. Now the conventional railway is congested. The new highspeed railway will relieve the conventional railway of traffic so that it can accomodate more passenger and freight traffic, thereby promoting further economic growth.
It may be hard for you grasp idea of the rapid economic growth in China, but over time you will.

somewhereintime

I'm not against transportation system, but I do not agree the way
they rush in the outrageous cost project. They could have made it
way less expensive (learn from the Chinese experience for instant,
or even award the contract to the Chinese firms if they can get it done
in  only 10% of the Hong Kong project)
The Japanese and European have  freedom and democracy  that the Chinese government  do not want the citizens to know.
And , is the proposed High speed Train affordable for the public?

peter236

I'm not against transportation system, but I do not agree the way
they rush in the outrageous cost project. They could have made it
way less expensive (learn from the Chinese experience for instant,
o ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2010-1-15 23:50

nah, it is not rushed at all, since they knew China was planning highspeed railway for many years. Hong Kong has been talking about highspeed railway since 2000 when it was still cheap. Some of those legislators who opposed back then are now saying it is too expensive now, LOL.

somewhereintime

Just  let the Chinese  Railway Corp to run the project, it would
be much easier to manage.
I think most Hong Kong citizen are willing to pay, after all,
it is part of China now.
Hey, I did not post a single word in all your threads on Chinese
achievements and I have no intention to argue with you.