SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1984
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THE BUOYS WILL BE STRUNG TOGETHER, COVERING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE NYLON ROPE, AND THE NETTING WILL BE DRAPED OVER IT TO FORM A DOUBLE-PLY BARRIER.
ABOUT ONE METER OF THE NET WILL BE UNDERWATER AND 20 CM ABOVE THE SURFACE SO THAT MOST FLOATING AND SEMI-SUBMERGED REFUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH.
THE TRAILING EDGES OF THE NET WILL BE HELD IN PLACE UNDERWATER BY THE GALVANISED CHAIN.
TO KEEP THE SYSTEM FROM DRIFTING, THE BOOM WILL BE ANCHORED BY THE 40 CONCRETE BLOCKS.
WORKERS IN SEACATS+, SPECIALLY MODIFIED CATAMARANS, COLLECT ANY REFUSE ACCUMULATED AT THE BOOM LINE.
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+THIS WILL BE DONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE AS WE ALSO EXPECT SOME REFUSE TO DRIFT OUTWARD FROM THE SWIMMING AREA,+ MR CHEUNG SAID.
WALKATHON ON EASTERN CORRIDOR
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MORE THAN 3 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN A WALK AND A RUNNING RACE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WHICH WILL OPEN TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IN A WEEK'S TIME.
MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, OFFICIATED AT THE START-OFF CEREMONY TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR F.E. SHORT.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AFTER THE RACE, MR WIGGHAM DESCRIBED THE EVENT AS RARE AND MEANINGFUL+ AS NO PEDESTRIANS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE CORRIDOR AFTER THE OPENING OF ITS CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAI KOO SHING SECTION ON JUNE 8 (FRIDAY).
HE SAID THAT THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR IS A HUGE GOVERNMENT PROJECT TO EASE TRAFFIC IN EASTERN DISTRICT.
THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, 10 AREA COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS ALSO SENT TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THREE-KILOMETRE
WALK.
PARTICIPANTS WERE IMPRESSED BY THE HARBOUR VIEW AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CORRIDOR WITH THE MAJOR PART BUILT ABOVE THE SEA.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOY WING-ON.
THE RACE AND WALKATHON WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE EASTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE POLICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL.. THE EASTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE, AND THE AMATEUR ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION.
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