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500px 2003 Route Map of the MTR
The network has six lines and 50 stations:
During the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, the government of Hong Kong felt a need to accomodate increasing road traffic predicted for future as Hong Kong's economyHong Kong has often been cited by people such as Milton Friedman and the Cato Institute as an example of the benefits of laissez-faire capitalism. However, many analysts believe that this characterization of the Hong Kong economy is not entirely accurate, continued to grow strongly, and appointed BritishThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801). transport consultants Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates to study the transport system of Hong Kong, releasing the "Hong Kong Mass Transport Study" in SeptemberSeptember is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. The name comes from the Latin septem for " seven" September was originally the seventh month of the year, before January and February were inserted. In Greek civilization, S 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio, which proposed the construction of an underground mass transit system in Hong Kong.
In 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January, a network of underground system with four lines was laid out and planned. The four lines were to be the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, and East Kowloon Line. However, the lines that were constructed were slightly different in many ways than the lines that were propsed by the "Hong Kong Mass Transport Study," and in 1972, the Hong Kong government authorised the construction of the Kwun Tong Line, in turn became the first part of the system to open.
In 1973 the government slightly reduced the size of the system, which stopped the construction of the East Kowloon Line, and renamed it the Modified Initial System. The Hong Kong government also set up the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) to replace the Mass Transport Provisional Authority to supervise the whole construction, and on 1 October 1979 the MTR was partially opened, with trains running from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong .
The Tsuen Wan Line started service in 1982, which was followed by the opening of the Island Line in 1985, the Airport Express in 1998, and the Tseung Kwan O Line in 2002 250px Central station in Central, on Hong Kong Island
