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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1981
KWAI CHUNG ROAD FLYOVER DUE FOR COMPLETION
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TRAFFIC FLOW IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG SHOULD IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY WHEN A FLYOVER BYPASSING THE CENTRE OF TSUEN WAN IS COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE MAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK ON THE FLYOVER, KNOWN AS TSUEN WAN BYPASS STAGE ONE HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND FINISHING WORK WAS IN HAND.
IT FORMS PART OF A MAJOR ROAD SCHEME TO RELIEVE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC CAUSED BY THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
THE TWO-KILOMETRE STRETCH RUNS FROM A POINT NEAR THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TEXACO ROAD NEAR YEUNG UK ROAD, WITH THREE INTERCHANGES LOCATED AT KWAŁ CHUNG ROAD, HING FONG ROAD AND TEXACO ROAD.
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SENIOR CLERK RETIRES ****
MR MAK MING-SUN, B.E.M., SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 10 AFTER MORE THAN 33 YEARS SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT.
MR MAK FIRST JOINED GOVERNMENT IN JULY 1947 AS A TEMPORARY CLERK.
HE WAS LATER APPOINTED TO CLERK CLASS 111 AND PROMOTED IN JULY 1955 TO CLERK CLASS 11.
IN APRIL 1961 HE WAS FURTHER PROMOTED TO CLERK CLASS | AND IN OCTOBER 1969 TO SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICER.
HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE 33 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE TRAFFIC POLICE AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED AND LOYAL SERVICE HE WAS AWARDED THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (CIVIL DIVISION) IN 1975 BY THE QUEEN IN HER BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
CARS ON THE RISE
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PRIVATE CARS TOPPED 193 000 AT THE END OF JANUARY, A RISE OF MORE THAN 27 600 OR 16.6 PER CENT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS,
THIS COMPARES WITH A RISE OF ABOUT 21 600 DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1980.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CARS REGISTERED DURING JANUARY WAS 4 167 AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS WHICH LAPSED WAS 682, REPRESENTING A NET INCREASE OF 3 485 AND BRINGING THE OVERALL TOTAL TO 193 616.