THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1979
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES TO LINK MARKET BUILDINGS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES TO LINK TWO MARKET BUILDINGS, ONE IN WAN CHAI ROAD AND THE OTHER IN BOWRINGTON ROAD.
THE NEW BOWRINGTON ROAD MARKET, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 2,700 SQUARE METRES, IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, EACH MEASURING ABOUT 10.3 METRES IN LENGTH AND 2.4 METRES IN WIDTH, WOULD BE BUILT ABOUT 6.5 METRES ABOVE GROUND LEVEL TO ALLOW VEHICULAR ACCESS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY AND COMPLETED IN
APRIL.
CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN SHAM SHUI PO
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AN AREA-WIDE CLEAN-UP OPERATION WILL BE HELD AT TAI HANG TUNG AND NAM SHAN IN SHAM SHUI PO TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THE OPERATION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SHAM SHUI PO), HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE TAI HANG TUNG SAI-YAU YAT CHUEN AREA COMMITTEE, IS DESIGNED TO HELP THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR YEAR-END HOUSE-CLEANING ACTIVITIES IN PREPARATION FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
ABOUT 100 VOLUNTARY WORKERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN CLEANING TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE, NAM SHAN ESTATE AND YAU YAT CHUEN AREA. THEY WILL ALSO LEVEL OFF WILD GRASS NEAR CHIU YUEN-WAN SHAN ROAD AND THE YUNG KWONG LANE SQUATTER AREAS.
A CEREMONY MARKING THE COMMUNITY PROJECT WILL BE HELD AT 9.30 A.M. IN THE CAR PARK NEXT TO NAM FUNG HOUSE, NAM SHAN ESTATE.
DR. P. HASE, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (SHAM SHUI PO) AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CO-ORGANISERS WILL OFFICIATE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP OPERATION AT TAI HANG TUNG AND NAM SHAN TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 9.30 A.M. IN THE CAR PARK NEXT TO NAM FUNG HOUSE, NAM SHAN ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO.