NOTE TO EDITORS:
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1980
SNT TO OPEN HEUNG YEE KUK HALL
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF A $750 000 HALL AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK HEADQUARTERS AT 4 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE NEW HALL IS NEXT TO THE KUK'S OFFICE AT 47 CUMBERLAND ROAD, KOWLOON TONG.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE EVENT. MR DONALD STRANGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
TONKIN STREET TO BE IMPROVED FOR ROAD USERS ****
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO REBUILD A SECTION OF TONKIN STREET BETWEEN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF PWD.
MR T.D. ARMOUR, CHIEF HIGHWAY ENGINEER. SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD TO A DUAL THREE-LANE CONCRETE CARRIAGEWAY, PART OF WHICH WOULD SPAN THE EXISTING NULLAH.
FOOTWAYS AND AMENITY AREAS WOULD BE PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUS TERMINUS IN TONKIN STREET NEAR LAI KOK PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
ON COMPLETION, MR ARMOUR SAID, THIS NEW AND WIDER ROAD TOGETHER WITH THE NEW BUS TERMINUS' WOULD SERVE RESIDENTS OF THE NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES AND WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS,
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN JULY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
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