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FRIDAY, JUNE 20.
THE BORDER LINK WILL RUN MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO LOK MA CHAU ROAD AND CROSS THE RIVER TO THE WEST OF HA WAN TSUEN.
IT WILL BE DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND JOIN THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD NEAR SAN TIN.
THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE LINK WILL BE 2.2 KILOMETRES.
THE BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU IS PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT DUE TO THE INCREASING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC TO AND FROM CHINA, IT WILL SUPPLEMENT EXISTING VEHICULAR CROSSING FACILITIES AT MAN KAM TO.
WORK ON BUILDING THE LINK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND BE COMPLETED BY 1986.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BRIDGE WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY UNDER THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE.
PLANS CAN BE SEEN AT:
* CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY, HONG KONG;
* YUEN LONG DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, 2ND FLOOR, 269 CASTLE
PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG; AND
* YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE, ENQUIRY OFFICE, MAIN
ENTRANCE LOBBY, YUEN LONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICE, 269 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG.
OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS IN WRITING BY AUGUST 28.
THREE-HOUR TALKS HELD ON 'CORRIDOR'
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THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES SO, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE TRANSPORT BRANCH AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAD A THREE-HOUR DISCUSSION TODAY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE'S COALITION FOR THE MONITORING OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE COMMITTEE OF CONCERN ON PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD IN CHAI WAN, ON THE BUS SERVICES ON THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
THE MEETING WAS ARRANGED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO HEAR THE GROUPS' VIEWS ON THE TEMPORARY BUS SERVICES RUNNING ALONG IEC, INCLUDING THEIR VIEWS ON FARES.
AFTER THE MEETING, MR SO SAID THE DISCUSSION WAS BUSINESSLIKE AND THERE WAS A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
+THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE TWO GROUPS WOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED WHEN THE TEMPORARY BUS SERVICES ON THE IEC ARE REVIEWED AFTER THE THREE MONTHS' TRIAL PERIOD, HE SAID.