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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1982
SIMILARLY, JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN SHA TIN PULLED IN WORKERS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS WAH FU IF GOOD TRANSPORT EXISTED.
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IN FACT, THE NO. 170 BUS ROUTE BETWEEN WAH FU AND SHA TIN, ON WHICH I OFTEN TRAVEL MYSELF, HELPS TO DO JUST THAT - CARRYING PEOPLE LIVING AT WAH FU TO WORK AT SHA TIN, DR BUTLER SAID.
+SO I THINK THAT OUR PHILOSOPHY IN THE NEW TOWNS MUST BE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE EMPLOYMENT IN EACH OF THEM FOR THE WORKERS RESIDENT THERE, BUT ALSO TO ACCEPT THE FACTS AND PLAN TO PROVIDE INTER- URBAN TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR A DEGREE OF COMMUTING.
+ALL IN ALL, THEN, I SEE NO CAUSE FOR DESPAIR ON THE NEW TERRITORIES TRANSPORT PROBLEM, BUT LIKE MY COLLEAGUES I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT DISTRICT BOARDS CONTINUE TO KEEP US ALL ON OUR TOES IN THIS REGARD, INFORMING AND STIMULATING US TO TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO KEEP HONG KONG MOVING, HE SAID.
TWO HIGHWAYS CONTRACTS AWARDED
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THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY LET TWO CONTRACTS, WORTH ABOUT $6 MILLION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY IN KWUN TONG AND A TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS IN WAN CHAI.
THE FIRST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $4.8 MILLION, IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY ACROSS KWUN TONG ROAD AT HOW MING LANE.
IT WAS AWARDED TO CHUN WO CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
THE NEW SUBWAY WILL PROVIDE A SAFE CROSSING AT THE LOCATION FOR PEDESTRIANS BY SEPARATING THEM FROM THE ROAD TRAFFIC AND WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE THE FLOW OF VEHICLES.
TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
WORK ON THIS CONTRACT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE SECOND CONTRACT, VALUED AT $1.2 MILLION, IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS AT WAN CHAI RECLAMATION.
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IT WAS AWARDED TO STABILITY CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING CO.
ON COMPLETION, THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE FRONTING THE FERRY PIER, WHICH WILL BE DEMOLISHED LATER THIS YEAR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE WAN CHAI RECREATION CENTRE.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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