TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1984
THE NEW SHROFF'S OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AS PAYING OUT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND TREASURY PAYMENTS, THE COLLECTION OF WATER CHARGES, RATES, PROPERTY TAX, FIXED PENALTY TICKETS AND DEMAND NOTES ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
ALSO ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE A MINI ENQUIRY COUNTER TO HANDLE SIMPLE ENQUIRIES AND DISTRIBUTE GOVERNMENT FORMS AND PAMPHLETS.
THE OLD SUB-DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS WAS OPENED IN AUGUST 1977, AT KWON FAI CIRCUIT AND WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
IT WAS SET UP TO PROVIDE A FURTHER MEDIUM OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN TSUEN WAN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE NEW KWAF CHUNG SUB-DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 5) AT KWAI HING GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 10TH FLOOR, 166-174 HING FONG ROAD, KWAI CHUNG.
MINI-ROUNDABOUT IMPROVES TRAFFIC FLOW ****
THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON ROAD PROJECTS.
BUT, FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL SUM, IT IS SOLVING A TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEM AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG AND BLUE POOL ROADS.
THE SOLUTION IS TO BUILD A MINI-ROUNDABOUT TO REPLACE THE LIGHTS PREVIOUSLY THERE.
A HIGHWAYS OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID ALTHOUGH THE SCHEME WOULD COST LESS THAN $50 000 WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, IT HAD ALREADY PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT HAD INCREASED BY UP TO 20 PER CENT AND THE LONG QUEUES OF CARS WHICH FORMED WHEN THE JUNCTION WAS LIGHT CONTROLLED HAD PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARED, EVEN AT PEAK HOURS.
THE SCHEME IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES.
THE EXPERIMENTAL, OR INITIAL, STAGE WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED IN NOVEMBER.
THE PERMANENT, OR SECOND, STAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT SHORTLY.
THE WORK INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF THE 1.5-METRE DIAMETER MINI-ROUNDABOUT AND ROAD ISLANDS AT EACH OF THE THREE APPROACHES TO THE JUNCTION, AS WELL AS PROVISION OF SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS.
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