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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983
TWO MORE FOOTBRIDGES OPENED
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PEDESTRIANS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO DODGE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND WAIT FOR THE LIGHTS TO CHANGE FOLLOWING THE OPENING TODAY OF TWO FOOTBRIDGES IN THE BUSY AREA.
THE STRUCTURES, WHICH SPAN SALISBURY ROAD AND MODY ROAD, WERE DECLARED OPEN AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY PERFORMED THIS AFTERNOON BY MR CHAN WAI-WANG AND MR CHIU YU-HEI, MEMBERS OF THE YAUMATI DISTRICT BOARD.
THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT, SAID THE FOOTBRIDGES, COSTING $21 MILLION, WOULD CATER FOR THE CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN THE NEW PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS AND THE RECENTLY-COMPLETED PROMENADE IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
+DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE FOOTBRIDGES INTO SHOPPING AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS,+ HE SAID.
THE FOOTBRIDGES, WHICH ARE ROOFED THROUGHOUT TO PROVIDE SHADE AND PROTECTION DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, ARE OF A BOLD ARCHITECTURAL FORM AND HAVE EASY RAMPED ACCESS FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
'DOUBLE GOOD FORTUNE' FOR SHA TIN ****
AN ELDERLY LADY BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG 96 YEARS AGO SWITCHED ON THE TRADITIONAL LUNAR NEW YEAR LIGHTS IN SHA TIN THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, THAT THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY WOULD BRING TO THE NEW TOWN IN THE COMING YEAR.
EXPRESSED THE BELIEF DOUBLE GOOD FORTUNE+
+OUR GIANT CHUBBY PIG DESIGN SIGNIFIES GOOD LUCK WHILE THE NAME OF OUR ELDERLY LADY, LAI SZE, SOUNDS JUST THE SAME AS GOOD LUCK IN CANTONESE - LYSEÉ.
+THE HAPPY COINCIDENCE IS INDEED A GOOD OMEN FOR THE COMING YEAR OF THE PIG, HE SAID.
THE CHUBBY PIG AND SOME 30 000 COLOURFUL BULBS WILL LIGHT UP THE NEW TOWN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR (FEBRUARY 19), CARRYING A MESSAGE OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING.
MEANWHILE, A PHOTO EXHIBITION OF RECENT FESTIVE LIGHTINGS IN SHA TIN IS NOW ON IN THE LOBBY OF THE SHA TIN KCR STATION. ADMISSION IS FREE.
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