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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1987
THE PARTY THEN LEFT FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY ESTATE WHERE SIR DAVID PAID A VISIT TO A FAMILY OF SEVEN AT BLOCK 9 OF THE ESTATE.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE ESTATE, BUILT IN 1959, WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST GROUP +B+ ESTATES IN THE DISTRICT. CURRENTLY HOUSING 8 391 PEOPLE FROM 1 924 FAMILIES. THE ESTATE WOULD BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE PROVISION OF A SIZEABLE DISTRICT OPEN SPACE ON COMPLETION OF THE NEW JORDAN VALLEY NORTH ESTATE IN 1990.
LATER THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING SITE AT SAI CHO WAN WHERE SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE DESIGN AND
MR HAROLD CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT BY DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, BEATON, AND GOVERNMENT ENGINEER, EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, MR JOHN TURNER.
WORK ON THE $3.4 BILLION PROJECT STARTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1989-90. THE CROSSING WILL LINK CHA KWO LING IN KWUN TONG WITH QUARRY BAY ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
AT THE SITE, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE CROSSING IS WORK ON THE KWUN TONG BYPASS WHICH WILL CATER FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1990, TO OTHER PARTS OF KOWLOON.
WORK ON PHASE OF THE KWUN TONG BYPASS HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THE NEW HONG KONG TUNNEL COMPANY LTDIN ORDER TO TIE IN WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CROSSING.
DEPARTING FROM THE WORK SITE, SIR DAVID WENT TO SHUI WO STREET IN KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE AND TOOK A WALK IN THE AREA.
SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT SHUI WO STREET WAS ONE OF THE HAWKER CONCENTRATION AREAS IN THE DISTRICT. IN DECEMBER 1985, A HAWKER RE-ORDERING EXERCISE WAS LAUNCHED IN WHICH MORE THAN 300 HAWKERS WERE ALLOCATED PITCH SITES AT SHUI WO STREET AND SHUNG YAN STREET. THESE HAWKERS WILL BE RESITED TO THE SHUI WO STREET MARKET COMPLEX WHEN IT IS COMPLETED IN EARLY 1988.
BEFORE WINDING UP HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION IN THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND CHAIRMEN OF THE 14 AREA COMMITTEES.
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