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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1974.
G.P.O. CONTRACT SIGNING
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THE $19.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW IN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN MURRAY BUILDING.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN EARLY OCTOBER AND THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE MR. FRANK HO, A CHIEF ARCHITECT OF P.W.D.'s ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
THE SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR IS TECHNIC INVESTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR. S.T. CHIU, WILL BE SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE FIRM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THIS SIGNING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 12 NOON IN THE P.W.D.'s CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 21ST FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING.
MID-LEVELS BUS-ONLY LANES OPENED
TO PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES
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ALL PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE BUS-ONLY LANES INTRODUCED UNDER THE MID-LEVELS TRAFFIC SCHEME, STARTING FROM 10 A.M. TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY).
HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR GOODS ALONG THE LANES DURING THE PEAK HOURS FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. DAILY.
THIS MODIFICATION OF THE TRAFFIC SCHEME TO ALLOW THE USE BY PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES WAS FIRST DISCLOSED IN JUNE THIS YEAR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE NIGHT-TIME RELAXATION FOR ALL TRAFFIC.
AS FROM TOMORROWY, PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF CAINE ROAD, THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF BONHAM ROAD BETWEEN CAINE ROAD AND PARK ROAD, THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF PARK ROAD, AND THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF ROBINSON ROAD BETWEEN PARK ROAD AND GLENEALY.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED.
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