SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1987
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TO COINCIDE WITH THE ARRANGEMENT, THE EXISTING BUS-ONLY ON THE KOWLOON-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD WORLDWIDE GARDENS TO THE TOLL PLAZA OF THE TUNNEL WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE TOLL BOOTH AT THE INNERMOST LANE OF THE TOLL PLAZA.
THE BUS LANE, ONLY OPERATING FROM 7.30 AM ΤΟ 9 AM EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC ROLIDAYS, WAS INTRODUCED IN MAY THIS YEAR AND SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN JUNE REVEALED THAT THE BUS JOURNEY TIME ALONG THE BUS LANE HAD BEEN REDUCED BY ONE TO ONE-AND-A-HALF MINUTES. FOR BUS ROUTES DIVERTED VIA CHE KUNG MIU ROAD AND HUNG MUI KUK ROAD AS PART OF THE SCHEME, THERE WAS AN OVERALL TIME SAVING OF FOUR ΤΟ NINE MINUTES.
TO FURTHER REDUCE BUS JOURNEY TIME, A PLAN IS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND THE BUS LANE TO HUNG MUI KUK ROAD AND CHR KUNG MIU ROAD EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MORE LAND TO BE FORMED IN JUNK BAY
WORK HAS STARTED ON RECLAIMING ABOUT 44 HECTARES OF FORESHORE SEABED AT AP TSAI WAN, SAI KUNG, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY NEW TOWN.
AND
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID THE RECLAMATION AREA WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AND WOULD BE USED TO BUILD ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS A ROAD NETWORK AND DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.
IT HAS BEEN PLANNED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE FUTURE JUNK BAY TOWN CENTRE.
THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, COMMUNITY (GIC) AND OPEN SPACE PURPOSES.
GOVERNMENT,
RESIDENTS SCHEDULED FOR 1994.
BUILT.
IN ADDITION, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND ABOUT 15,000 PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS ARE PLANNED FOR THE AREA, WITH THE FIRST INTAKE OF FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE
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