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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1986
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+ THE COUNCIL'S FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME FORGED AHEAD. WITH CONSTRUCTION WORK WELL UNDERWAY FOR MANY AND BETTER FACILITIES FOR OUR FOUR AND A HALF MILLION URBAN RESIDENTS, + HE CITED.
THE ANNUAL REPORT NOTES THE STEADY PROGRESS OF THE COUNCIL'S CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME TO REDEVELOP SEVERAL OLD MARKETS INTO MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES CONSISTING OF A MARKET, A COOKED-FOOD CENTRE, A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, A LIBRARY AND A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE.
THE 128-PAGE BOOK GOES ON TO SAY THAT EIGHT SUCH COMPLEXES ARE PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BESIDES THESE MARKET FACILITIES, OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED AND OR RENOVATED DURING THE YEAR INCLUDED SEVERAL PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS, THE OPENING OF THE SHAM SHUI PO PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, TENNIS AND SQUASH COURTS.
PRICED AT $15, THE URBAN COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 1986. WITH 80 PAGES OF COLOUR ILLUSTRATION, IS NOW AVAILABLE AT ITS PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON ICE HOUSE STREET, AT THE CITY HALL, KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY AND ALL LEADING BOOKSHOPS.
FOOTBRIDGE TO LINK TSING YI ESTATE BLOCKS
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A COVERED PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE BUILT ACROSS A NEW ROAD ON TSING YI ISLAND TO PROVIDE A LINK BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF TSING YI ESTATE.
THE 36-METRE-LONG, 13.5-METRE-WIDE BRIDGE WILL BE CONNECTED TO BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AT PODIUM LEVEL.
IT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY TWO ROWS OF LANDSCAPED COLUMNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND WILL GIVE 5.3 METRES OF HEADROOM TO TRAFFIC.
DURING CONSTRUCTION NORMAL PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED.
PLANS CAN BE SEEN AT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE. THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE IN TSUEN WAN, AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE.
OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT BY NOVEMBER 17.
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