香港新城论文翻译.doc

Changing Commuting Patterns of New TownResidents in HongKong Tsang ChungYin, Irene Abstract This dissertation concerns with the change of the commuting patterns of new town residents in Hong Kong since the 1980s. In order to have a more in-depth understanding about the change of the commuting patterns of new town residents,Tuen Mun new town（屯门新城） is chosen as a case study in this dissertation. Information about the commuting patterns of Tuen Mun residents in the past years is obtained from government documents and consultant reports through library research. A questionnaire survey was conducted between 23th April and 27th April to collect the information about the present commuting patterns of Tuen Mun residents. The survey results indicate that there was an increasing proportion of resident workers commute out of Tuen Mun since the 1980s. The proportion of Tuen Mun resident workers commute outside was increasing significantly from 52% in 1981 to 75% in 2001。 Among the outcommuting trips, half of them were to urban areas. The proportion of Tuen Mun resident workers commute to urban areas during the past twenty years was increasing. Besides, the survey shows that the average journey time to work for Tuen Mun residents was long. Moreover, the survey finds that there was an increasing proportion of Tuen Mun resident workers left home to go to work before 8:00 a.m. between 1992 and 2001. The survey also shows that many Tuen Mun resident workers took francMsed bus or public light bus to get to work whilst Tuen Mun resident students mostly took LRT(轻轨) to school. In addition, the survey reveals the reasons for Tuen Man residents for outcommuting to work. Insufficient job provision, limited job choice as well as poor job conditions in TuenMun together with strong ties with the existing outside jobs all were reasons causing Tuen Mun residents to travel outside to work. The change of the commuting patterns of Tuen Mun residents reflects that self-containment in terms of e