SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1980
TEMPORARY RAILWAY STATION TAKING SHAPE
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WORK IS PROGRESSING ON A TEMPORARY RAILWAY STATION ON THE EMBANKMENT BETWEEN YIM PO FONG STREET AND PEACE AVENUE IN MONG KOK.
ON ITS COMPLETION IN EARLY AUGUST, TRAINS WILL BE DIVERTED TO IT SO AS TO ALLOW WORK TO BEGIN ON THE NEW PERMANENT STATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID WORK ON THE TEMPORARY STATION INCLUDED THE BUILDING OF PLATFORM AWNINGS, A COVERED WAITING AREA AND OTHER FACILITIES SUCH AS TOILETS AND A SNACK SHOP.
+ACCESS TO THE TEMPORARY STATION WILL BE THROUGH A RAMP OR STAIRCASES FROM YIM PO FONG STREET WHILE EXIT WILL BE VIA STAIRCASES TO A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS ARGYLE STREET AND PEACE AVENUE,+ HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, TENDERS FOR THE FOUNDATION WORK OF THE NEW MONG KOK STATION HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVITED AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST,
THE FOUNDATION WORK WILL INVOLVE PILING, CONSTRUCTION OF STATION PLATFORMS, TRACK-LAYING AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
CONSTRUCTION OF A PODIUM, A STATION BUILDING AND THE INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD CABLES FOR THE ELECTRIC TRAIN WILL BE TAKEN UP LATER.
THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW MONG KOK STATION WILL INCLUDE A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, A PUBLIC AMENITY AREA, A GOODS YARD AND MULTI-STOREY OFFICE BLOCKS.
FURTHER STUDY ON LANTAU FIXED CROSSING
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FURTHER SITE INVESTIGATION ON THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WILL BE CARRIED OUT SHORTLY.
THE WORK, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED, WILL PROVIDE DESIGN DATA FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
IF EVENTUALLY APPROVED, THE PROJECT WILL COMPRISE TWO BRIDGES, BETWEEN TSING YI ISLAND AND MA WAN, AND OVER KAP SHUI MUN CHANNEL.
THERE WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS FROM TSING YI ISLAND TO THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF LANTAU.
MR YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PWD HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID THE CONSULTANTS WERE ASKED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO PROCEED WITH DETAILED DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT. THIS WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1982.
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