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A RETAINING WALL AND ASSOCIATED STORM-WATER AND SEWAGE WATER DRAINS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
OTHER WORK WILL INCLUDE FORMATION OF A TURNING LOOP FOR THE TUEN MUN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH OF YAU DI ESTATE AND THE LRT RESERVE OPPOSITE SIU HONG COURT.
WORK ON THE PROJECT, WHICH STARTED IN MAY, WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 22 MONTHS.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO CHINA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
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COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS SAFETY OF ELDERLY PEDESTRIANS
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THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD WILL MEET TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO DISCUSS THE DISTRICT'S HIGH RATE OF FATAL ROAD ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ELDERLY PEDESTRIANS.
A STUDY CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR BY THE ROAD SAFETY AND STANDARD DIVISION OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAD SHOWED THAT THE DISTRICT REPORTED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW LAST YEAR'S PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBWAY IN NATHAN ROAD AT SOY STREET AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO TEMPORARY COOKED FOOD CENTRES IN SHANGHAI STREET TO PROVIDE 35 STALLS TO ACCOMMODATE ON-STREET HAWKERS
IN THE VICINITY,
THE MEETING, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 PM AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR, 157 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING TO BE HELD AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR, 157 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.
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