THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1984
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MP'S TOUR EASTERN DISTRICT
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TWO VISITING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, SIR NICHOLAS BONSOR AND MR PETER TEMPLE-MORRIS, TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED EASTERN DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, DR SIMON VICKERS, THEY HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER FROM A NEARBY BUILDING AND SAW THE EXTENSIVE RECLAMATION TAKING PLACE IN SHAU KEI WAN FROM QUARRY BAY TO ALDRICH BAY.
AT LEI YUE MUN FORT, THEY WERE BRIEFED ON LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR SIU CHAI WAN AND PAK CHAI WAN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO MAJOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS THE MASS TRANS IT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE AND THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
THE IR LAST STOP WAS AT A VANTAGE POINT IN O PUI LOONG VILLAGE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE 12 HILLSIDE SQUATTER VILLAGES IN SHAU KEI WAN, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION WORK AT KORNHILL IN QUARRY BAY.
SIR NICHOLAS AND MR TEMPLE-MORRIS WERE TOLD THAT THE POPULATION IN EASTERN DISTRICT REPRESENTS A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN SQUATTER AREAS, TO TENANTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, TO RESIDENTS OF UPPER AND MIDDLE CLASS PRIVATE FLATS.
THE TWO MP'S ALSO TRAVELLED ON THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, AND MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON THE SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT.
TAI PO MARKET TRAFFIC CHANGES
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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN TAI PO MARKET FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 5), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
ONE WAY TRAFFIC WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE FOLLOWING ROADS:
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WAN TAU STREET SOUTHBOUND FROM KWONG FUK ROAD TO HEUNG SZE WUI STREET.
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HEUNG SZE WUI STREET WESTBOUND FROM WAN TAU STREET TO PO HEUNG STREET.
PO HEUNG ******