TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935
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SEAWALL TO BE BUILT
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A 400-METRE SEAWALL WILL BE BUILT AND ABOUT 13.5 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED WILL BE RECLAIMED AT SIU CHAI WAN BAY, EAST OF CHAI WAN,
A CONTRACT FOR THE $22 MILLION PROJECT WAS AWARDED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
THE PROJECT FORMS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SIU CHAI WAN.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MORE TOLL BOOTHS FOR TUNNEL ****
WORK HAS STARTED ON BUILDING THREE MORE TOLL BOOTHS AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.
ONE OF THE NEW BOOTHS, SERVING NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE COMPLETED BY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, AND THE OTHER TWO, SERVING KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, A TEMPORARY BOOTH FOR KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE PUT UP BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
IN ADDITION, +EXACT TOLL+ BOOTHS WILL BE INTRODUCED.
URBAN CLEARWAY IN SHAU KEI WAN
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FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 8), THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF FACTORY STREET IN SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE DESIGNATED URBAN CLEARWAYS:
* THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE LANE FROM ALDRICH
STREET TO EIGHT METRES WEST OF TAI TAK STREET.
* THE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE LANE BETWEEN
TAI TAK STREET AND ALDRICH STREET.
WITHIN THE RESTRICTED ZONES, NO VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISE. BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS BETWEEN 7 AM AND MIDNIGHT DAILY.
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