FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1983
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ROAD SECTION TO BE WIDENED
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A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD. BETWEEN PUI TO ROAD AND SAM SHING HUI IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, WILL BE WIDENED TO A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.
A $26.4-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED TODAY BY THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SANG LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
IT WAS SIGNED BY MR YU KWOK-LEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WHICH FORMS PART OF A CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP THE NEW TOWN. WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINS IN WONG KA WAI AREA AND THE PROVISION
OF A ROOF-COVER FOR THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT SAM SHING HUI.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
SPECIAL TUEN MUN TRAFFIC PLAN
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TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD P3 STAGE IF (EASTERN SECTION), SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
FROM 10 AM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 6), THE ON TING TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS FOR KMB ROUTES NO. 52, 59, 60, 60M, 63 AND 62 (TO CASTLE PEAK BAY AND STU HONG COURT) WILL BE RE-SITED TO TUEN MUN AREA 16 TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS.
FROM THE SAME DAY, ROAD P3 WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC, PROVIDING AN ACCESS TO AND FROM TUEN MUN FERRY PIER.
THE EXISTING UNNAMED ACCESS ROAD TO TUEN MUN FERRY PIER WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 10). MOTORISTS HEADING FOR TUEN MUN FERRY PIER ARE ADVISED TO USE THE TEMPORARY ROAD P3.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
150 TO CLIMB LION ROCK
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ABOUT 150 CONTESTANTS WILL CLIMB THE LION ROCK MOUNTAIN STARTING AT 9 AM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 6).
THE CONTEST COVERS 3 500 METRES FROM THE TSZ WAN SHAN PLAYGROUND TO A PAVILION ON THE HILL, PASSING ALONG TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD AND SHA TIN PASS ROAD.
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