IN
2
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1976
CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING ROUTES FROM HONG KONG TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE PROVIDED AT NAM CHEONG STREET, PIPER'S HILL, AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD, ROUTE 4 DESCENDS IN A LONG SWEEP ROUND LAI CHI KOK BAY TO JOIN KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
THIS NEWLY COMPLETED SECTION OPENS TO TRAFFIC ON TUESDAY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M. ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 23) AT THE NEWLY COMPLETED CHING CHEUNG ROAD EXTENSION NEAR KWAI CHUNG INTERCHANGE. OFFICIAL TRANSPORT AM 2066 AND AM 2068 WILL LEAVE MURRAY BUILDING GARDEN ROAD CARPARK AT 2 P.M. SHARP. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY SHOULD MEET OFFICERS FROM THE P.W.D. PUBLICITY UNIT AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF MURRAY BUILDING BEFORE 2 P.M. COPIES OF MR. TIEN'S SPEECH AND AN OPENING ADDRESS BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SITE.
CARGO HANDLED IN PORT ****
MORE THAN 17.2 MILLION TONS OF CARGO WERE HANDLED IN THE HARBOUR IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 15-1/2 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY, 12,602,159 TONS OF CARGO WERE DISCHARGED AND 4,688,374 TONS WERE LOADED BETWEEN JANUARY AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
THE FIGURES FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WERE 10,890,888 TONS AND 4,083,141 TONS RESPECTIVELY.
13