SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1986
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BOARD MEMBERS PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL AREA
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NORTH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND ITS COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE WILL VISIT SEVERAL FACTORIES IN ON LOK TSUEN, FANLING ON TUESDAY (MARCH 18) AS PART OF A PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
AFTER THE TRIP, THE ON LOK TSUEN PROMOTION WORKING GROUP WHICH IS FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BOARD'S COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT ONE OF THE FACTORIES, THE KWONG WAH LOCK MANUFACTORY LIMITED.
ON LOK TSUEN WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED AS A TEMPORARY INDUSTRIAL AREA AND COMPRISED MAINLY AGRICULTURAL LAND WITH INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OPERATING ON THE BASIS OF SHORT TERM WAIVERS.
IN 1978, THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME COMMITTEE APPROVED A LAYOUT PLAN TO DEVELOP THE AREA AS A PERMANENT INDUSTRIAL AREA.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TOUR AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE. A GOVERNMENT VAN WILL LEAVE THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE AT JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING ROUNDABOUT AT 2.15 PM.
BUS TERMINUS PLANNED FOR LAI TAK TSUEN
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A BUS TERMINUS IS PLANNED FOR LAI TAK TSUEN ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH YEE KING ROAD IN CAUSEWAY BAY TO PROVIDE PROPER TERMINAL AND ADEQUATE TURNING FACILITIES FOR BUSES.
AT PRESENT, BUSES HAVE TO MAKE THREE-POINT TURNS ON-STREET AT THE END OF LAI TAK TSUEN ROAD.
THE PROPOSED TERMINUS WILL CONSIST OF A PLATFORM AND TWO BUS BAYS TOTALLING ABOUT 50 METRES.
THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE EXTENDING THE ROAD BY 12 METRES, ASSOCIATED ROAD MODIFICATION, DRAINAGE AND SLOPE WORKS.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED WORKS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GAZETTE. OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT MUST BE SENT IN WRITING TO SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY MAY 13.
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