FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1984
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STREET ALTERATION FOR MTR ISLAND LINE
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A PERMANENT STREET ALTERATION WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTRANCE TO THE QUARRY BAY STATION OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF MODEL LANE.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
THE ALTERATION INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROAD AT THE SOUTHERN END OF MODEL LANE WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO BLOCK F OF MODEL HOUSING ESTATE AND THE BRADBURY YOUTH CENTRE OPPOSITE.
THE NEW ROAD WILL HAVE A CARRIAGEWAY WIDTH OF FOUR METRES BETWEEN THE YOUTH CENTRE AND THE PROPOSED MTR ENTRANCE STRUCTURE AND 4.5 METRES BETWEEN BLOCK F OF THE MODEL HOUSING ESTATE AND THE ENTRANCE STRUCTURE. FOOTPATHS OF A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 0.5 METRE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED AT BOTH SIDES OF THE CARRIAGEWAY.
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DETAILS OF THE AFFECTED AREA ARE SHOWN ON PLAN MT/G/275. OF THE PLAN AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER AUTHORISING THE STREET ALTERATION MAY BE INSPECTED DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS AT THE ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) AT CGO WEST WING; THE DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN) AT 884-886 KING'S ROAD; OR THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, SURVEY DIVISION IN MURRAY BUILDING, COTTON TREE DRIVE.
CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF THE ALTERATION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND MUST REACH HIS OFFICE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ALTERATION,
TREVOR THORPE NAMED NEW AVIATION CHIEF
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MR TREVOR THORPE SUCCEEDS MR BRIAN KEEP AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION AS FROM TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR THORPE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A BRIEFING OFFICER IN 1956, AFTER COMMISSIONED FLYING SERVICE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
HE WORKED, IN HIS EARLY YEARS WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND LATER CONCENTRATED ON OPERATIONS AND PLANNING,
AFTER SERVING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (TECHNICAL AND PLANNING) HE BECAME DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN 1979.
HE IS A FELLOW OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, AND A MEMBER OF THE AOCI TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.
/MR KELEP