SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1982
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TWO NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR YUEN LONG
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THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YUEN LONG TOWN.
THE SCHOOLS, TO BE BUILT ON A SITE OF ABOUT 9 800 SQUARE METRES IN FUNG YAU SOUTH STREET, WILL BE OF THE STANDARD 24- CLASSROOM TYPE.
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IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN TEACHING BLOCKS, THEY WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS AS WELL AS A LIBRARY AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AND STAFF QUARTERS.
CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN MID-1984.
NEW TSUEN WAN TRAFFIC SCHEME
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN TSUEN WAN ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 17) TO IMPROVE SUBSTANTIALLY BUS JOURNEY TIME AS WELL AS GENERAL TRAFFIC FLOW.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE MAIN AIM OF THIS PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY SCHEME WAS TO REDUCE BUS TRAVELLING TIME ALONG SHA TSUI ROAD, TEXACO ROAD, AND YEUNG UK ROAD BY AS MUCH AS 25 TO 30 PER CENT WHICH WILL BENEFIT UP TO 16 000 PASSENGERS EVERY HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION DURING PEAK PERIODS.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF ROAD DIVERSIONS, TO ELIMINATE JUNCTION DELAYS. AND SOME BUS STOPS WILL BE RELOCATED.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE SCHEME IS THE INSTALLATION OF MORE SOPHISTICATED SIGNAL CONTROLLERS IN TSUEN WAN AREA, PARTICULARLY AT THE IMPORTANT JUNCTIONS OF YEUNG UK ROAD WITH CHUNG ON STREET, MA TAU PA ROAD AND KWU HANG ROAD, AND THE JUNCTIONS OF SHA TSUI ROAD WITH KWU HANG ROAD, WO TIK STREET AND HAM TIN STREET.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 17).
CHUNG ON STREET FROM HO PUI STREET TO YEUNG UK ROAD, AND TAI HA STREET NEAR ITS WESTERN JUNCTION WITH TAI WO HAU ROAD WILL BE DESIGNATED AS 24-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAYS.
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