FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1986
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ACCESS TO RAILWAY INTERCHANGE TO BE IMPROVED
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A NEW ROAD LINKING NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK ROADS IN KOWLOON TONG WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY INTERCHANGE WHEN IT IS COMPLETED BY AUGUST, 1987.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE 180-METRE-LONG ROAD TO BE BUILT NEXT TO THE KCR TRACKS. BESIDES CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD - WHICH WILL BE 7.5 METRES WIDE WITH TWO-METRE FOOTPATHS ON EITHER SIDE THE CONTRACT CALLS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF NORFOLK ROAD AND A PORTION OF SUFFOLK ROAD NEAR KENT ROAD.
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THE PROJECT, EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST, HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY KOWLOON REGION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
THE NEW LINK WOULD COMPLETE THE INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK IN WEST KOWLOON AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE KCR AND MTR STATIONS AT KOWLOON TONG AND ALSO RELIEVE WATERLOO ROAD OF LOCAL TRAFFIC.
SMITHFIELD CATTLE DEPOT TO CLOSE
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT CATTLE QUARANTINE DEPOT AT SMITHFIELD ROAD IN KENNEDY TOWN WILL BE CLOSED TO CATTLE FROM MONDAY (MAY 26).
THE DEPOT WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE DOWN ON JUNE 17 AND NO PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER AND USE THE DEPOT FROM THAT DATE.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT OWNERS OF CATTLE BEING HOUSED IN THE DEPOT MUST ARRANGE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE DEPOT BEFORE JUNE 16.
+THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SMITHFIELD CATTLE DEPOT WILL BE TAKEN OVER AS FROM NEXT MONDAY BY THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR WHERE ADDITIONAL CATTLE LAIRAGE SPACES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ALL CATTLE TRADERS CONCERNED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE DEPOT'S IMPENDING CLOSURE, HE ADDED.
THE SMITHFIELD CATTLE DEPOT, ESTABLISHED AROUND 1890, INITIALLY OPERATED AS AN ABATTOIR UNTIL THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR CAME INTO COMMISSION IN 1964. THE GOVERNMENT MOVED TO PLAN ITS CLOSURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT REASONS.
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