FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1981
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EAST KOWLOON WAY OPENS NEXT WEEK
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TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND KAI TAK AIRPORT WILL BE FURTHER REDUCED WITH THE OPENING NEXT WEEK OF THE $56 MILLION EAST KOWLOON WAY.
MEASURING ONE KILOMETRE IN LENGTH, EAST KOWLOON WAY IS AN ELEVATED DUAL TWO-LANE ROADWAY RUNNING ABOVE CHATHAM ROAD AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD. IT IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF WUHU INTERCHANGE WHICH WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC SOME NINE MONTHS AGO.
TOGETHER WITH SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE, A DEPRESSED ROADWAY JOINING EAST KOWLOON WAY AND THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, THEY FORM THE WESTERN APPROACHES TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL WHICH IS PART OF A $470 MILLION HIGH CAPACITY ROUTE STRETCHING FOR SIX-KILOMETRES BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND KWUN TONG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID, WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW ROAD, TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT WILL NO LONGER BE DELAYED BY THE MANY ROAD JUNCTIONS ALONG THE SURFACE ROUTE AT PRESENT.
*AT THE SAME TIME, BY DIVERTING AIRPORT TRAFFIC ONTO THE FLYOVER, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT GROUND LEVEL IN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN AREAS WILL BE GREATLY EASED.+
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF EAST KOWLOON WAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
NT VILLAGE GETS WATER SUPPLY
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THE 300 RESIDENTS OF PAI MIN KOK VILLAGE IN SHAM TSENG WILL HAVE THEIR OWN WATER SUPPLY NEXT MONTH,
A PUMP AND SUMP SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH A WATER TANK, HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE VILLAGE.
BY MEANS OF PIPES, WATER FROM THE MAIN AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE PUMPED INTO THE TANK AND THEN FED TO INDIVIDUAL VILLAGE HOUSES.
OFFICERS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE SYSTEM, INSTALLING ELECTRICITY IN THE PUMP HOUSE AND SETTING UP INDIVIDUAL WATER METERS IN EACH OF THE 27 VILLAGE HOUSES.
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, VILLAGERS HAVE USED A STANDPIPE FOR DRINKING WATER AND WELL WATER FOR WASHING AND OTHER PURPOSES.
BEFORE THAT THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY CAME FROM A NEARBY STREAM, BUT THIS SUPPLY WAS AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY.
SUBSEQUENTLY, THROUGH