SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1983
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MR LEE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE THEME FOR THIS ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY' IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR KWAI CHUNG BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND FACTORIES IN THE DISTRICT. SPECIAL EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH CASUALTY RATE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. WE HOPE TO IMPLANT ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES FIRMLY IN THEIR YOUNG MINDS AND THUS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.''
TO MARK THE OCCASION, MR LEE PERFORMED A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TOGETHER WITH THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR EVAN EVANS: THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, NORTH KWAI CHUNG, MR LAM YIU-TONG; THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW TERRITORIES TRAFFIC HEADQUARTERS, MR ANTHONY WINBUSH AND A MEMBER OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR SZETO WING.
PRIZES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS OF THE ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN, DRAWING AND PAINTING COMPETITIONS AND THE MODEL PEDESTRIANS. DISPLAYS AT THE ROAD SAFETY DAY INCLUDED A MINIATURE ROAD SAFETY TOWN, A ROAD SAFETY BUS, A ROAD SAFETY DISPLAY CENTRE, A SEAT BELT CATAPULT, A MOBILE VISION SCREENING VEHICLE, AND A ROAD SAFETY FILM SHOW. THERE WERE ALSO GAMES STALLS FOR CHILDREN AND BAND AND FOOTDRILL PERFORMANCE.
MORE ROADS FOR SHEUNG SHUI
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE CARRYING OUT TWO ROAD PROJECTS TO THE NORTH OF THE SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATION AS PART OF A CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP FANLING NEW TOWN.
THE FIRST PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROADS AND INTERNAL FEEDER ROADS TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH-EAST O SHEK WU HUI, INCLUDING TSOI YUEN TSUEN AND SO KWUN PO.
THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL HAVE OPEN SPACES, SCHOOLS, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PREMISES, A MARKET COMPLEX, AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
UNDER THE OTHER PROJECT, EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROADS AND INTERNAL ROADS WILL BE BUILT TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO A PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE EAST OF SHEK WU HUI.
NOTICES ABOUT THE PROJECTS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST
GAZETTE.
THE PROJECT PLANS CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, MAIN ENTRANCE THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH AND THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE AT OLD DISTRICT BUILDING TAI PO MARKET; AND THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, FANLING SUB-OFFICE AT JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS MUST BE SENT TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY AUGUST 30, 1983.
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