FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1987
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DB TO DISCUSS PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROGRAMME
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CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD'S TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON MONDAY (MAY 18) TO DISCUSS A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE PROGRAMME IS DRAWN UP BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE BASIC GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BUS AND FERRY SERVICES IN THE COMING TWO YEARS.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO STUDY A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT'S FEASIBILITY REPORT CONCERNING A WATERFRONT HIGHWAY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ELEVATED ROUTE 7 PROJECT ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST.
A REVIEW ON THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PARKING FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO CONSIDER A PROPOSAL TO LAUNCH A COURTESY CAMPAIGN AMONG PEDESTRIANS AND PASSENGERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
IN ADDITION, MEMBERS WILL GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON MEASURES TO IMPROVE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT QUEEN'S ROAD WEST NEAR CENTRE STREET WHICH HAS BEEN A TRAFFIC BLACKSPOT.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT TRAFFIC STUDY AND PHASE TWO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY AS WELL AS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPGRADING AND DUALLING OF CONNAUGHT ROAD PROJECT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE COMMITTEE MEETING STARTING AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY (MAY 18) AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, 14/F, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.
COOKED FOOD CENTRE FOR MONG KOK
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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY COOKED FOOD CENTRE IN MONG KOK, KOWLOON,
OCCUPYING A SITE OF 160 SQUARE METRES AT THE JUNCTION OF SHANGHAI STREET AND SOY STREET, THE SINGLE-STOREY CENTRE WILL ACCOMMODATE 15 COOKED FOOD STALLS TO BE RESITED FROM SOY STREET AND SHANTUNG STREET.
WORK WILL START IN JUNE AND BE COMPLETED NEXT JANUARY.
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