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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1976
HE CONTINUED THAT THE NUMBER OF FIELD UNITS NOW OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD INCREASED FROM EIGHT TO 25 WHILE THE NUMBER OF AIDED FAMILIES HAD GROWN FROM 8,000 TO ABOUT 55,000.
+FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS IS ESTIMATED TO BE $200 MILLION, HE SAID.
+ALL THESE HAVE INDICATED THAT THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME HAS FULLY DEMONSTRATED ITS VALUE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN HELPING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
NEW ROAD FOR ABERDEEN ****
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A NEW ROAD IN ABERDEEN AS PART OF A MAJOR SCHEME TO PROVIDE A FAST TRAFFIC ROUTE BETWEEN THE AREA AND CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THE NEW ROAD WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET FROM THE NEWLY WIDENED SHEK PAI WAN ROAD.
MR. CHEN SHAO-CHI, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION, SAID TODAY WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD START IN FEBRUARY AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 22 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THE NEW ROAD WOULD BE A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WITH TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AND ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.
IT WOULD BE ABOUT 770 METRES LONG AND 22 METRES WIDE WITH FOOTPATH ON BOTH SIDES, HE ADDED.
+A FOOTBRIDGE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED NEAR YUE KO STREET TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE ROAD IN SAFETY, SAID MR. CHEN.
+AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY WILL BE IMPROVED, HE ADDED.
MR. CHEN SAID THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY CARRIED OUT SEVERAL SCHEMES TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ON THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK SERVING CENTRAL AND ABERDEEN.
HE SAID WORK WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE WIDENING OF POKFULAM ROAD, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN WIDENED, AND FURTHER IMPROVEMENT WORKS WERE IN HAND.
WONG CHUK HANG ROAD AND SHEK PAI WAN ROAD HAD ALSO BEEN WIDENED PROVIDING AT LEAST TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
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