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+ALL THESE 413 REMAINING FAMILIES WERE THEN URGED TO AT LEAST REGISTER ON THE WAITING LIST FOR HOUSING, IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR FUTURE REHOUSING AS HORE SHOULD THEY WANT IT.
+HAD THEY DONE SO, ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN REHOUSED IN PROPER FLATS BEFORE NOW.+
IN THE EVENT OF BOATS BEING IN IMMINENT DANGER OF SINKING OR HAVING SUNK. THE SPOKESMAN SAID YAU MA TEI BOAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED.
+AFTER THEY HAVE MADE A REPORT, MARINE DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS. IF THE BOATS ARE FOUND TO BE SINKING OR ARE IN IMMINENT DANGER OF SINKING, THE OCCUPANTS ARE REFERRED TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL REHOUSE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY.+
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR TAI PO ROAD PROJECT
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A $30.4 MILLION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AT TAI PO NEW TOWN.
THE WORK, WHICH WILL START SHORTLY, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 300 METRES OF DUAL CARRIAGEWAY AND A 250-METRE-LONG SINGLE ROAD TO FU SHIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, NOW BEING BUILT ON TAI PO RECLAMATION.
ALSO TO BE PROVIDED AT THE ESTATE, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, ARE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROADS, A TEMPORARY BUS STATION, LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
KWONG FUK ROAD BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY DEMOLISHED WHEN A NEW PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE BRIDGE ACROSS THE LAM TSUEN RIVER IS COMPLETED.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE REALIGNMENT OF THE LAM TSUEN RIVER. THERE WILL ALSO BE ALTERATIONS TO ROADS AT TAI PO MARKET AS PART OF THE TAI PO CENTRAL AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME.
PLOVER COVE ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED AND TAI PO WHOLESALE FISH MARKET WILL MOVE TO A NEW SITE AT YIM TIN TSAI.
WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1986.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED BY THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
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