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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1975
WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION
TRAFFIC IN KWUN TONG WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE COMPLETION NEXT YEAR OF A PROJECT TO EXTEND WAI YIP STREET.
WAI YIP STREET, AT ITS JUNCTION WITH FOO YIP STREET, WILL PE EXTENDED 2,500 FT. UPON COMPLETION, IT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ROUTE FOR TRAFFIC TO AND FROM KUUN TONG.
THE NEW ROAD WILL DE A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE MAIN KWUN TONG ROAD AND LINKING WITH IT AT THE FLYOVER AT ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL EAST. OF THE CHOI HUNG INTERCHANGE. IT WILL ALLOW BOTH EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO MERGE WITH AND DIVERGE FROM THE MAIN KWUN TONG ROAD TRAFFIC.
THIS NEW ROAD WILL ALSO FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PLANNED ROAD NETWORK IN KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION WHICH IS TO BE DEVELOPED INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREA.
DRAINAGE WORKS OF THE NEW ROAD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF STORMWATER DRAINS AND SEVERS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE MAIN DRAINAGE NETWORK.
CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THIS $3.6 M. PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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REMINDER TO REGISTER FOR 1.D. CARDS ******
THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, MR JOHN MITCHELL, TODAY REMINDED THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO REGISTER FOR IDENTITY CARDS.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN AND WARDS AT THE AGE OF 11 FOR JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS AND YOUNG PERSONS REACHING THE AGE OF 10 MUST REGISTER FOR ADULT IDENTITY CARDS.
MR MITCHELL ALSO CALLED ON ADULTS WHO HAVE MOT YET POSSESSED AN IDENTITY CARD TO COME FORWARD AND REGISTER THEMSELVES.
NEW ARRIVALS WHO INTEND TO STAY IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS ARE ALSO REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO REGISTER FOR AN IDENTITY CARD, WHILE ID CARD HOLDERS ARE URGED TO REPORT TO THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS DEPARTMENT ANY CHANGE IN REGISTERED PARTICULANS.
FAILING TO REGISTER FOR AN IDENTITY CARD OR TO INFORM THE AUTHORITY ABOUT ANY CHANGE OF REGISTERED PARTICULARS IS AN OFFENCE WHICH CARRIES A FINE UP TO $1,000 AND A SIX-MONTH IMPRISONMENT.
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