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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1976
FLYOVER TO AIRPORT NECESSARY TO AVOID
SERIOUS DELAYS - TENEMENT BUILDING TO BE RESUMED
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A FLYOVER AND RAMP WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT FROM PRINCE EDWARD ROAD TO THE KAI TAK TERMINAL TO PREVENT ACUTE CONGESTION ON THE AIRPORT'S ONLY ACCESS ROAD THAT WOULD LEAD TO SERIOUS DELAYS AT THE AIRPORT,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY: +TRAFFIC STUDIES SHOW THAT OLYMPIC AVENUE WILL REACH SATURATION POINT IN CONGESTION ABOUT 1979-80.
+ONCE THIS HAPPENS THERE WILL BE A CHAIN REACTION OF DELAYS AT THE AIRPORT. PASSENGERS WILL BE LATE IN GETTING TO THE TERMINAL LATE IN CHECKING IN LATE IN COMPLETING HEALTH AND IMMIGRATION FORMALITIES AND SO FORTH, AND THE OVERALL RESULT WILL BE SERIOUSLY DELAYING FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF HONG KONG.+
THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THESE DELAYS IS TO BUILD A FLYOVER AND RAMP FROM PRINCE EDWARD ROAD TO THE TERMINAL. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FAST ONE-WAY ROAD.
TO BUILD THIS HIGHLY NECESSARY FLYOVER AND RAMP THE GOVERNMENT MUST RESUME A BLOCK OF TENEMENTS FROM NOS. 52 TO 64 SHEK WU LUNG ROAD AND CLEAR A NUMBER OF STONE HUTS AT THE EASTERN END OF CARPENTER ROAD,
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SHORTLY BEGIN STATUTORY PROCEEDINGS TO RESUME THE LAND ON WHICH THE BUILDING AND STRUCTURES STAND. PROPERTIES WILL REVERT TO THE GOVERNMENT ON AUGUST 12.
SINCE THE BUILDING IS A POST-WAR ONE, TENANTS WILL COME UNDER THE NEW ADVANCE-COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR TENANTS OF POST-WAR BUILDINGS WHICH MUST BE RESUMED FOR ESSENTIAL WORKS.
DOMESTIC TENANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADVANCE COMPENSATION OF 50 PER CENT OF THE FULL AMOUNT ON SIGNING AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FROM THEIR PREMISES, WITH THE BALANCE TO BE PAID AFTER THEY LEAVE.
THE SAME BENEFITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS, BUT DOMESTIC TENANTS WILL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-HOUSING.
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