FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
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ROADWORK PROPOSALS
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IN TWO GAZETTE NOTICES TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED TO CLOSE CERTAIN FOOTPATHS OFF SHAU KEI WAN ROAD AND TO REALIGN AND ALTER THE LEVELS OF SECTIONS OF TAI PO ROAD, FANL ING PLAYGROUND ROAD, PAK FUK TSUEN ROAD AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD.
THE FOOTPATHS ARE TO BE CLOSED FOR THE PROPOSED SALE OF A SITE BETWEEN NO. 332 AND NO. 348 SHAU KEI WAN ROAD. AN ALTERNATIVE PATH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE ROADWORKS AT FANLING IS INTENDED TO INCREASE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA AND TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMME OF MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
UNDER THIS PLAN, SECTIONS OF TAI PO ROAD, SHA TAU KOK ROAD AND PAK FUK TSUEN ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED AND TWO BRIDGES WILL BE PROVIDED OVER THE KCR TO ELIMINATE THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSINGS.
OBJECTIONS TO THE WORKS PROPOSED SHOULD BE SENT IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO REACH HIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 5, 1981.
CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE RECEIVED AT HIS OFFICE BY FEBRUARY 5, 1981.
37 PEOPLE COMMENDED BY DIRECTOR OF MARINE FOR BRAVERY
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THIRTY-SEVEN PEOPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO RESCUE A TOTAL OF 29 PEOPLE FROM DROWNING IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS WERE COMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE TODAY.
AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE MARINERS' CLUB HALL, THE DIRECTOR, MR PERCY DAVY PRESENTED HIS CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION TO THE GROUP, COMPRISING FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, 11 POLICE OFFICERS, 20 CREW MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY, AND ONE CREW MEMBER OF THE STAR FERRY COMPANY.
MR DAVY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RESCUERS AND NOTED THAT ALL OF THEM ACTED SPONTANEOUSLY WHEN THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED.
HE SAID THEY HAD DISPLAYED GREAT COURAGE AND PUBLIC SPIRITEDNESS OF A VERY HIGH ORDER, AND AS THEY PLUNGED INTO THE WATER, THERE CAN HAVE BEEN ONLY ONE THOUGHT UPPERMOST IN THEIR MINDS THE LIVES OF THOSE IN DISTRESS.+
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MR DAVY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MR MICHAEL YEELS, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, WHO ORGANISED A SEA RESCUE LAST CHRISTMAS DAY AND SAVED TWO DROWNING GIRLS WHOSE BOAT HAD CAPSIZED IN WINDY AND CHOPPY SEAS AT TAI TAM BAY.
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