TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1983
TRAFFIC FLOW HAS BEEN MAINTAINED IN THE AREA THROUGH USE OF A TEMPORARLY SINGLE-LANE STEEL BRIDGE WHICH WAS PUT INTO PLACE WITHIN A WEEK OF THE LANDSLIDE OCCURRING. IT HAS BEEN TWO-WAY, LIGHT CONTROLLED AND THERE HAVE HAD TO BE SOME DIVERSIONS IN THE AREA.
THIS ARRANGEMENTS CONTINUED UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN THE NEWLY- CONSTRUCTED, SINGLE-LANE BRIDGE DECK OPENED IN THE EARLY HOURS. TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED ON TO IT AND THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE DEMOLISHED.
THE PERMANENT STRUCTURE TO BE PUT IN ITS PLACE IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE PART OF THE PROJECT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT A FULL OPENING SHOULD BE POSSIBLE IN TIME FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS,+ HE ADDED.
THE NEW BRIDGE DECK, TOGETHER WITH LINKING BEAMS, WAS CAST UNDERNEATH THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE AND HAS BEEN LAID AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LEVEL AS THE ORIGINAL ROAD.
THE THE TOTAL COST OF THE WORK WILL BE $7.5 MILLION. PROJECT USED A TOTAL OF 450 METRES OF 1 800 MILLIMETRE DIAMETER CAISSON, WHICH HAD BEEN REINFORCED AND CONCRETED BY THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH.
SUPPORT FOR CLEAN AND GREEN+ URGED
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SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE URGED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE CLEAN AND GREEN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IN OUTLYING ISLANDS WERE TOLD THAT GOOD HABITS, SUCH AS KEEPING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND GREEN, ARE BEST CULTIVATED FROM THE EARLIEST AGE IN THE HOME AND SCHOOL.
THE MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO THEM BY VISITING HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING AT SCHOOLS SINCE EARLY THIS YEAR.
AIMED AT STIMULATING INTEREST AND AWARENESS AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PRINCIPALS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THOSE IN REMOTE AREAS, MORE THAN 300 TALKS HAVE REEN GIVEN SINCE EARLY THIS YEAR.
/THE YOUNGSTØRS