SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1974
MAJOR KOWLOON FLYOVER PROJECT KOVES A STEP CLOSER
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TEN VACANT BUILDINGS ALONG RECLAMATION STREET IN KOWLOON ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROAD LEADING FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD TO THE TONG ME ROAD EXTENSION.
THE BUILDINGS INVOLVED ARE NOS. 79 TO 91 RECLAMATION STREET. ALL OF WHICH ARE THREE-STOREY STRUCTUŽĖS. WHEN THESE HAVE BEEN PULLED DOWN, WORKERS WILL KOVE IN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE FLYOVER SUPERSTRUCTURE.
THE 2,200-FOOT-LONG ELEVATED ROAD REPRESENTS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE MASSIVE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR SCHEME WHICH WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR ROUTE TO DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC IN THE URBAN AREAS OF WESTERN KOWLOON AND CONNECT THESE AREAS WITH TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG TO THE NORTH.
THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL START FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH WYLIE ROAD, THEN CONTINUE ALONEGASCOIGNE ROAD AND KANSŲ STREET TO THE RECLAMATION IN YAU MA TEI TYPHOON ANCHORAGE NEAR TUNG KUN STREET.
WORK ON CLEARING THE VACANT BUILDINGS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT MONTH, AND WILL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TO COMPLETE.
UPWARD TREND IN TRAVEL CONTINUES
BUT AT LOWER RATE THAN BEFORE
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THE NUMBER OF TRAVELLERS ENTERING OR LEAVING HONG KONG DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR ROSE DY HORE THAN 200,000 OR 4.58 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973.
THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR. BILL COLLARD, NOTED THAT THIS WAS MUCH LOWER THAN THE ANTICIPATED GROUTH RATE,+ AND UNDOUBTEDLY REFLECTS THE EFFECTS OF THE FUEL CRISIS, THE GENERAL RECESSION, AND THE PREDICTED CUT-BACK IN TOURISM.+
HIS DEPARTMENT CLEARED A TOTAL OF 4,863,783 TRAVELLERS BY LAND, SEA AND AIR BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND JUNE 30 THIS YEAR. THE NUMBER FOR THE CORRESPONDING MONTHS IN 1973 WAS 4,650,587.
THESE FIGURES EXCLUDE TRAVELLERS ON TRANSIT AND THOSE REFUSED. PERMISSION TO ENTER.
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