第23期:Transportation交通方式 参考文本：
HongKongpublictransportisfairlycheapandfast, widelyusedbybothresidentsandvisitorsandgenerallyefficient. Themostdenselypopulatedareas, whicharealsobuiltuponfairlyflatland, areservedbytheMTR (MassTransitRailway, orsubwaytrain). TheKCR (Kowloon-Guangzhou /CantonRailway) runstotheChineseborderatLoWuandisaquickwaytogettotheNewTerritories. LightRailTransit (fast, modern, air-contrams) alsorunintheNewTerritories, connectingthecityofTuenMunwithYuenLong. TheHongKongbussystemisextensiveandalittleconfusing, servingthesouthsideofHongKongIslandandtheNewTerritoriesinadditiontomosturbanareas. Minibusesrunsetroutesmorequicklythanstandardbusesandminibuspassengerscanembarkanddisembarkmoreorlessatwillalongtheseroutes. MeteredtaxisareredandsilveronHongKongside, greenandwhiteintheNewTerritories. Theyarerelativelyinexpensivecomparedtootherbig-citycabrates, startingatHK$15. TheStarferrieslinkingHongKongislandandKowloonareawellknowntouristattraction, asarethedouble-deckertrams, runningalongthenorthcoastofHongKongisland. ThreetunnelsalsolinkHongKongislandwithKowloonside. OutlyingislandssuchasCheungChauorLammahaveregularferrieswhicharefuntouse, withstunningharbourviews. InJune 1998 HongKongopeneditsnewinternationalairport - ChekLapKok - onLantauIsland. TheAirportExpresstrainconnectsChekLapKokwithHongKongstationinCentral, stoppinginKowloonalongtheway, injust 23 minutes. Conveniently, youcancheckyourbagsinatthetrainstationwhenheadingouttotheairport. Therearealsoexpressandnormalpublicbuses, hotelshuttlebusesandtaxistotakeairpassengersintothecity.
Finally, HongKonghasthelongestescalatorintheworld, theCentral-Mid-Levelsescalatorandwalkwaysystem, carryingpeoplefromsealeveltotheirhomesonthesteepslopesofthePeak. Thebestwaytopayforallthistransportiswiththerechargeable'Octopus'smartcard, acceptableonalmostallformsoftransportexcepttaxis. However, pedestrianswholiketowalkwillprobablybedisappointedwithHongKong'spoorlydesignedpedestriancrossings, crushingcrowdsandconfusingpedestrianflyovers.