NOTE TO EDITORS.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 3 PM ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 26) AT THE GIS THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE WHICH WILL BE ATTENDED BY MR T.S. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MR KWAN, THE ÉXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NEW UNIT, MR KWAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TV/RADIO INTERVIEWS AFTER THE COMFERENCE.
NEW ROAD FOR SHA TIN DEVELOPMENT
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A NEW TRUNK ROAD IS TO BE MADE BETWEEN LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD NEAR TSANG TAI UK, AND YUEN CHAU KOK, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROJECT COMPRISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1.4 KILOMETRES OF DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS WITH ASSOCIATED FLYOVERS, A FOOTBRIDGE AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE.
HE SAID THE WORKS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN PHASES TO ALLOW EARLY COMPLETION OF ONE OF THE CARRIAGEWAYS TO EASE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE ROAD WILL FORM A CENTRAL PART OF THE MAJOR ROAD NETWORK OF THE NEW TOWN TO COPE WITH TRAFFIC GENERATED BY DEVELOPMENT.
THE TRUNK ROAD WILL EVENTUALLY BE CONNECTED WITH THE COASTAL TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND TAI PO NEW TOWN.
+BY THEN, WITH THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, IT WILL BE A PRINCIPAL ROAD LINK BETWEEN KOWLOON AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE ADDED.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN DECEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 35 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAS DESIGNED THE PROJECT AND WILL SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION.