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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
CONTRACT SIGNING FOR TWO MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS
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TWO MAJOR ROAD CONTRACTS WORTH A TOTAL OF $88.5 MILLION WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW (TUESDAY) BETWEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS.
THE CONTRACTS ARE FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS AND FOR A FLYOVER COMPLEX ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR TAI WO TSUEN.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN WEST KOWLOON AND YUEN LONG
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 13) SEVERAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED IN WEST KOWLOON TO FACILITATE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WORKS ALONG CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, THE SECTION OF FUK WA STREET BETWEEN KWEILIN STREET AND YEN CHOW STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
MOREOVER, THE EXISTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND IN KWEILIN STREET IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WILL BE RESITED TO FUK WING STREET WEST OF KWEILIN STREET.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY THE SECTION OF THE NULLAH BUND ACCESS ROAD BETWEEN MA MIU ROAD AND SHUI PIN WAI VILLAGE IN YUEN LONG WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR FIVE MONTHS TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AT SHUI PIN WAI.
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE USE OF THE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THESE AREAS TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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