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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1974
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTINGS IN MONG KOK TO FACILITATE
ROAD WORKS *******
A NUMBER OF STREETS IN THE MONG KOK AREA ARE TO BE RE-ROUTED WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (JUNE 70.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE TRAFFIC RE-ARRANGEMENT WAS TO FACILITATE PILING AND ROAD WORKS IN THE SECTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD BETWEEN FA YUEN STREET AND YUEN NGAI STREET.
THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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PLAYING FIELD ROAD BETWEEN FA YUEN STREET AND SAI YEE STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND=
SAI YEE STREET BETWEEN PLAYING FIELD ROAD AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WILL BE OPENED FOR ONE-WAY THROUGH TRAFFIC SOUTHBOUND=
FLOWER MARKET ROAD BETWEEN SAI YEE STREET AND YUEN NGAT STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND=
YUEN NGAI STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND= EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON FA YUEN STREET AT THE JUNCTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD/FA YUEN STREET WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING LEFT AND
EMBANKMENT ROAD VILL BE RE-ROUTED FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
TRAFFIC AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE
MOTORISTS.
SWIMMING POOLS FOR NT RESIDENTS
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VARIOUS SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES ARE NOW EITHER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING STAGES TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE
NEW TERRITORIES.
THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID ALEXANDER, SAID TODAY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT ONE POOL PROJECT WAS BEING BUILT MA TSJEN WAH, AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
FIVE OTHER POOLS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE YUEN LONG, KWAI CHUNG, SHATIN, TUEN MUN AND FANLING AREAS, ON THE PLANNING BASIS OF ONE POOL PER 250,000 PEOPLE.
+SITES FOR FOUR MORE POOL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN EARMARKED AT SHATIN, TSING YI, TUEN MUN AND TAI PU,+ MR. ALEXANDER ADDED.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WOO PAK-CHUEN, WHO HAD ASKED WHAT PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO PROVIDE SWIMMING PJOLS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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