SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1985
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HIGHWAY LINK MARKS COMPLETION OF CORRIDOR PROJECT
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THE FINAL SECTION OF HIGHWAY WHICH WILL LINK SHAU KEI WAN WITH CHAI WAN AND MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT SHOULD GO AHEAD UNIMPEDED, AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN), DR SIMON VICKERS, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
HE SAID THE PROJECT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE POPULATION OF CHAI WAN, AS THE RESIDENTS COULD NOT CONTINUE TO RELY SOLELY ON ONLY ONE PROPER ROAD ACCESS.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG SHAU KEI WAN MACHINERY TRADERS' ASSOCIATION, HE SAID: IN JULY, THIS YEAR, THE SHAU KEI WAN BY-PASS+ SECTION AND A SECTION OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR FROM HENG FA CHUEN TO CHAT WAN WILL BE COMPLETED.+
AT PRESENT, THE IEC STRETCHES FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAI KOO SHING, BUT WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE SHAU KEI WAN BY-PASS, TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE DISTRICT WILL IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY.
+WE WILL HAVE AN ALMOST COMPLETE MAJOR HIGHWAY BUT WITH A MISSING SECTION THROUGH THE A KUNG NGAM HEADLAND, HE ADDED.
+ THE MISSING SECTION OF THE IEC HIGHWAY PASSES THROUGH THE A KUNG NGAM HEADLAND AND THE LYEMUN BARRACKS, WHICH MUST BE DEVELOPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE IEC IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE MAJOR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, AND PROVIDE QUICK ACCESS TO IMPORTANT FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
+ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME OBSTACLES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSING SECTION, IT IS HOPED THAT BY 1988, THE IEC TO CHAI WAN COULD BE OPENED, + DR VICKERS SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT THE CO-OPERATION OF BOAT BUILDERS AND WORKSHOP OPERATORS IN THE A KUNG NGAM AREA WAS IMPORTANT SO THAT WORK COULD START ON TIME NEXT YEAR.
DR VICKERS SAID THAT ALTHOUGH ACTIVE AND USEFUL TRADES HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG, THEY OFTEN OCCUPIED LAND UNDER TEMPORARY LICENCES WHICH THEY MUST RETURN TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLIC USE.
+THEY COULD, IF THEY WISH, FIND ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE TERRITORY TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS, SUCH AS IN TAI PO OR USING YI, DR VICKERS SAID.