SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1985
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INTERCHANGE TO BE BUILT FOR JUNK BAY
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE AT THE JUNCTION OF JUNK BAY ROAD AND SAU MAU PING ROAD IN KWUN TONG.
IT WILL FORM PART OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCESS TO JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, AND ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO LAM TIN ESTATE BY WAY OF SAU MAU PING ROAD.
THE WORK INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 70-METRE-LONG FLYOVER WITH FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES AND TWO GROUND-LEVEL SLIP ROADS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
FLOWER STAMPS OUT ON SEPTEMBER 25 *****
A SET OF SIX SPECIAL STAMPS DEPICTING FLOWERS OF HONG KONG WILL BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 25.
A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT HONG KONG, SITUATED NEAR THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICAL ASIAN FLORA, HAD A LARGE VARIETY OF PLANTS AND THE SIX FLOWERS WERE NOTEWORTHY FOR THEIR BEAUTY OR FRAGRANCE OF THEIR BLOSSOMS.
THE SIX STAMPS TO BE ISSUED ARE
* MELASTOMA
FLOWER.
40 CENTS -- A LARGE AND SHOWY PINK-PURPLE
* CHINESE LILY 50 CENTS - A WHITE TRUMPET-LIKE FLOWER,
* GRANTHAM'S CAMELLIA 60 CENTS
WITH DISTINCTIVE YELLOW STAMENS.
A LARGE WHITE FLOWER
* NARCISSUS $1.30 FRAGRANT WHITE AND YELLOW FLOWERS.
* BAUHINTA $1.70-A LARGE, FRAGRANT PURPLISH RED
ORCHID-LIKE FLOWER,
* CHINESE NEW YEAR FLOWER
$5 A PINK AND HANGING
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FLOWER WITH CURIOUS STAMEN ARRANGEMENT WHICH RESEMBLES A TINY FLOWER WITHIN A FLOWER,
/THE STAMPS,