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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1979
TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF WESTERN MARKET STALLS
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HUNDREDS OF STALL-HOLDERS IN WESTERN MARKET WILL BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR BE MOVING UP TO HOLLYWOOD ROAD,
THE REASON FOR THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE POPULAR WESTERN MARKET INTO A NEW COMPLEX.
TO ALLOW FOR THIS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED FOR TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY MARKET IN HOLLYWOOD ROAD.
A P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID THE TEMPORARY MARKET WOULD BE BUILT ON THE OPEN SPACE OPPOSITE PO YAN STREET.
IT WILL COMPRISE 63 MEAT AND FISH STALLS, 56 VEGETABLE STALLS AND 110 MINI-STALLS.
CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
SUSPENSION OF HAPPY VALLEY TRAM SERVICES POSTPONED
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THE EARLY SUSPENSION OF TRAM SERVICES BETWEEN HAPPY VALLEY AND KENNEDY TOWN AND HAPPY VALLEY AND SHAU KEI WAN AT 11.30 P.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED AND THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL TOMORROW.
INSTEAD NEW ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO STOP TRAM SERVICES IN HAPPY VALLEY AT 11.30 P.M. ON OCTOBER 13 AND 20 TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE CANAL ROAD EXTENSION.
ON THE TWO NIGHTS IN QUESTION THE TIMES OF THE LAST TRAMS TO AND FROM THE VARIOUS TERMINI WILL BE AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, THAT IS, THE LAST TRAM LEAVING HAPPY VALLEY FOR SHAU KEI WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN WILL BE AT 10.24 P.M. AND THE LAST TRAM FROM SHAU KEI WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN FOR HAPPY VALLEY WILL BE AT 10.26 P.M. AND 10.46 P.M. RESPECTIVELY.
WO CHE BUS TERMINUS TO BE DESIGNATED A PROHIBITED ZONE
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THE WO CHE BUS TERMINUS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE DESIGNATED A PROHIBITED ZONE FOR ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED PUBLIC BUSES FROM 10 A.M. TODAY (FRIDAY), IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
WITHIN THE ZONE, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT THOSE AUTHORISED IN WRITING BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE TERMINUS.
THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROHIBITED ZONE WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS.
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