SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1981
IMPROVEMENT OF NT VILLAGE FOOTPATHS
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO IMPROVE AND BUILD A NUMBER OF VILLAGE FOOTPATHS IN THE RURAL AREAS TO FACILITATE CLEANSING SERVICES.
THE CONCRETE FOOTPATHS WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO VILLAGE TYPE INCINERATORS, REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND SPECIAL LOCATIONS REQUIRING REGULAR CLEANSING.
THE FIRST OF 50 ACCESS ROADS TO BE BUILT UNDER THE FOOTPATHS IMPROVEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE FACILITIES SCHEME IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT YAU KOM TAU ON TSING YI ISLAND.
IT IS A 1 000-METRE-LONG VILLAGE FOOTPATH SUITABLE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF MOTOR-ASSISTED REFUSE CARRIER OF THE NTSD, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
COSTING $180 000, THE ACCESS ENABLES THE KWAI CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE TO LAUNCH AN EXTENSIVE CLEAN-UP AT VARIOUS REFUSE-R IDDEN BLACKSPOTS ON THE ISLAND.
DURING A RECENT OPERATION, CLEANSING STAFF OF THE NTSD REMOVED MORE THAN 500 BASKETS OF REFUSE ACCUMULATED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO A VILLAGE TYPE INCINERATOR FOR DISPOSAL.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF JUNK WAS BURNED UP AT A BON-FIRE MARKING THE COMPLETION OF THE FOOTPATH ON THE ISLAND WHILE HUNDREDS OF DISCARDED EMPTY BOTTLES WERE BURIED.
PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY IN KWUN TONG RD
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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF ENGINEER ING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY ACROSS KWUN TONG ROAD AT HOW MING LANE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE SAID THE LIGHT-CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON KWUN TONG ROAD AT HOW MING LANE WAS OVERLOADED, CAUSING SERIOUS CONGESTION THERE.
HE SAID, THE SUBWAY WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE CROSSING AT THIS LOCATION FOR PEDESTRIANS BY SEPARATING THEM FROM THE ROAD TRAFFIC AND WOULD ALSO HELP IMPROVE THE FLOW OF VEHICLES.
TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD WOULD BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES DURING CONSTRUCTION, HE ADDE
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN JANUARY.
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