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RAILWAY AREA PLANS AMENDED
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RAILWAY AREA PLANS NOS. 12A AND 15B FOR THE ISLAND LINE OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY BETWEEN SHEUNG WAN AND SHAU KEI WAN HAVE BEEN AMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE SUBSTITUTE RAILWAY AREA PLANS NOS. 12B AND 15C, WHICH REPLACE THE PREVIOUSLY GAZETTED RAILWAY AREA PLANS NOS. 12A AND 15B RESPECTIVELY FOR THIS SECTION OF THE ISLAND LINE, HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT AND COPIES OF THE SAID SUBSTITUTE PLANS MAY BE INSPECTED FREE OF CHARGE AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, GROUND FLOOR, HONG KONG AT THE LANDS DEPARTMENT OFFICES, MURRAY BUILDING (5TH FLOOR), GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG, AND AT ANY DISTRICT OFFICE.
RAILWAY AREA PLAN NO. 12B INCORPORATES ALL THE LAND SHOWN ON THE REPLACED RAILWAY AREA PLAN NO. 12A AND ADDITIONAL AREAS OF LAND KNOWN AS 258-262 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND 541-543 HENNESSY ROAD. RAILWAY AREA PLAN NO. 15C INCORPORATES ALL THE LAND PREVIOUSLY SHOWN ON THE REPLACED RAILWAY AREA PLAN NO. 158 AND ADDITIONAL AREAS OF LAND ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED NORTH POINT STATION AND AT NO. 6 MARBLE ROAD.
THE SUBSTITUTE PLANS WILL ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS, WHOSE LAND MAY BE AFFECTED BY RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION, IN IDENTIFYING THE EXTENT OF THE LAND INCLUDED IN THE RAILWAY AREA.
IF LAND WITHIN THE RAILWAY AREA IS RESUMED OR EASEMENTS ARE CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING AND OPERATING THE ISLAND LINE COMPENSATION WILL BE PAID TO THOSE ELIGIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE.
NORTH POINT STREET CHANGES FOR MTR WORK
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A NUMBER OF STREET ALTERATIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN NORTH POINT TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN MTR ENTRANCE AND FOOTBRIDGE ALONG FUK YUEN STREET. ACROSS ELECTRIC ROAD AND KING'S ROAD FOR THE FORTRESS HILL STATION.
THE ENTRANCE AND FOOTBRIDGE WILL PROVIDE A GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSING FOR MTR COMMUTERS AND PEDESTRIANS FROM NORTH OF KING'S ROAD TO THE FORTRESS HILL STATION CONCOURSE,
NOTICE OF THIS IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE STREET ALTERATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER, AND THAT ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE.
/DURING CONSTRUCTION