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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1976
THE AIRPORT TUNNEL LINK CUTS DIAGONALLY ABOUT 130 METRES UNDER THE RUNWAY AND WAS BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT EXTENSION OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. THE TUNNEL IS STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE.
RUNNING EAST FROM THE TUNNEL, ROUTE 3 WILL CROSS THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION WHERE THE P.W.D.'Š PORT WORKS DIVISION HAS ALREADY FORMED SOME 180 HECTARES OF LAND FOR FUTURE ROAD AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. A FURTHER 26 HECTARES WILL BE RECLAIMED BY THE MIDDLE OF 1979.
AT PRESENT, WORK IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ON ONE OF THE ROADS TO CONNECT WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION WITH A THIRD INTERCHANGE TO BE BUILT AT THE EASTERN END OF THE TUNNEL.
SAID MR. CHOW WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, THE NEW ROUTE WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE A SHORTER AND FASTER ROUTE BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND HUNG HOM, BUT WILL ALSO CONSIDERABLY EASE CONGESTION IN NORTH-EAST KOWLOON. +
FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME STEPPED-UP
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THE TIME IS NOW RIPE TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE (FVCC) AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEES SO AS TO BRING ABOUT A MORE EFFECTIVE LIAISON AND A MORE DIRECT CO-OPERATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE WONG TAJ SIN DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE, HE SAID THAT THE FVCC HAD ALL ALONG RELIED VERY MUCH ON LOCAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, KAIFONGS AND AREA COMMITTEES AS WELL AS CITY DISTRICT CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE IT WITH FEEDBACK AND IDEAS.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, MR. BRAY SAID, THE EFFORTS OF THE FVCC HAD BORNE FRUIT.
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+THIS SUCCESS IS DUE AS MUCH TO THE INCREASING CO-OPERATION, SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE DETERMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND TO THE POLICE'S UNFLINCHING EFFORTS, HE SAID.
+HOWEVER, WE MUST NOT BE COMPLACENT. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND CLOSER CO-OPERATION AND MORE ACTIVE SUPPORT IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC IF WE EVER HOPE TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE CRIME.+
MR. BRAY STRESSED: +THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME IS ONE WHICH INVOLVES US ALL.
+SUCCESS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF EVERY ONE OF US CONTRIBUTE OUR SHARE AND DO OUR PART AND PUT UP A CONCERTED EFFORT AGAINST THE CRIMINALS WHO PLAGUED US. +
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