TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1985
IT IS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT THESE 12 BIRDS ARE BEING SENT TO THE ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT OF THAILAND, WHICH MAINTAINS CAPTIVE BREEDING STATIONS FOR THE EVENTUAL RE INTRODUCTION OF WHITE-WINGED WOOD DUCKS INTO THEIR WILD HABITAT.
+WITH ONLY APPROXIMATELY 200 PAIRS REMAINING IN THE WILD, AND SOME 100 BIRDS AT PRESENT IN CAPTIVITY, THE 12 DUCKS REARED AT THE HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL BOTANICAL GARDENS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT RECRUITMENT TO THE TOTAL WORLD POPULATION, AND THE IR FLIGHT TO BANGKOK IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD WILDLIFE FUND PROJECT 406,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
PEDESTRIAN LINK IN WAN CHAI
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A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OVER O'BRIEN ROAD IN WAN CHAI, TO PROVIDE THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AND ENTRANCES TO THE M.T.R.'S WAN CHAI STATION.
WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE ON WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AND THE EXPECTED OPENING IN MID-1985 OF THE ISLAND LINE, PEDESTRIAN FLOW BETWEEN THE RECLAMATION AREA AND THE STATION'S ENTRANCES IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY.
PROVISION WILL ALSO BE MADE AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE FOOTBRIDGE FOR A DIRECT LINK TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF GLOUCESTER ROAD.
THE SECTION OF O'BRIEN ROAD BETWEEN HENNESSY ROAD AND LOCKHART ROAD, WHERE THE STATION'S ENTRANCES WILL BE LOCATED, WILL BE PEDESTRIANISED WHILE THE SECTION BETWEEN GLOUCESTER ROAD AND LOCKHART ROAD WILL BE REDUCED TO TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.
THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED THE $11.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO FRANK I CONTRACTORS LIMITED FOR WORK ON THE PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF ESCALATORS AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF GLOUCESTER ROAD AND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MTR STATION.
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