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Thursday, March 28, 1974
PREPARATION FOR MTR CONSTRUCTION
Major Site Clearance Soon
A. major move forward in preparations for the construction
of the Mass Transit Railway will take place soon with the clearance
of a key site of about 34,000 square feet at the junction-to-be of Argyle
Street and Tong Mi Road.
The clearance and demolition will ensure the further progress
of another very big transportation scheme, the construction of the
West Kowloon Corridor route.
The site is urgently needed in order to provide for an essential
diversion of traffic when work on the underground railway begins in
Nathan Road. The pre-war buildings on the site form an obstruction
preventing a traffic link between Argyle Street and Tong Mi Road.
This link is needed not only for traffic-diverting purposes,
It will also be a vital component in the Tong Mi Road extension project,
which is part of the West Kowloon Corridor scheme and on which work is
already under way. It was for this purpose that the clearance was
originally required.
A government spokesman explained today that preparatory work
on clearance of the area is now well advanced.
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