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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1977
VISITING ENGINEERS PRAISE HK'S ROAD WORKS
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MORE THAN 50 ENGINEERS FROM SWEDEN AND FINLAND, WHO ARE HERE AFTER ATTENDING THE EIGHTH WORLD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION IN TOKYO, HAD A BUSY DAY TODAY VISITING SOME OF THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS IN HONG KONG.
ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEERS OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THEY FIRST VISITED THE GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER WHICH FORMS PART OF THE $300 MILLION WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
FROM THERE, THEY PROCEEDED TO THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, THE FIRST STAGE OF WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AMONG OTHER PROJECTS VISITED WERE THE NEW SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL, FLYOVERS ON LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD, AND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
AT THE END OF THE VISIT, THE LEADER OF THE SWEDISH GROUP DESCRIBED AS MARVELLOUS THE FACT THAT SO MUCH HAD BEEN BUILT WITHIN SUCH A SMALL PLACE.
HE ALSO FOUND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN HONG KONG WERE MUCH MORE REASONABLE COMPARED WITH THOSE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE VISITORS WERE GIVEN A BRIEFING BY SENIOR STAFF OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
AFTER AN INTRODUCTION BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR. STAN BARDEN, THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, MR. T.S. NG, GAVE DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS THE VISITORS WOULD VISIT WHILE THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY DIVISION, MR. K.T. KUO, SPOKE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN HONG KONG.
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