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MONDAY, NOVMEBER 23, 1987
COMMISSIONER INSPECTS WORK ON EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY
LATEST DEVELOPMENT (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
OF
THE EASTERN
HARBOUR
HAMMOND, LOOKED AT THE PROJECT THIS CROSSING
AT THE SITE OFFICE IN CHA KWO LING, MR HAMMOND WAS
NEW HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF THE
BRIEFED BY
CO. TUNNEL
LTD, HARBOUR
THE MANAGING MR Y. MATSUMOTO, AND THE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR OF THE EASTERN CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO. LTD, MR R.J.
BLACK.
CROSSING PROJECT, A HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE EASTERN HARBOUR
BY THE UNDERTAKEN
NEW HONG KONG TUNNEL COMMERCIAL VENTURE BEING
KONG ISLAND AND CONSORTIUM, WAS DESIGNED TO LINK QUARRY BAY ON HONG
AN IMMERSED TWIN-TUBE CROSSING CHA KWO LING IN KOWLOON BY MEANS OF
LINKS. WORK ON THE PROJECT INCORPORATING BOTH ROAD AND RAIL (MTR) STARTED LAST YEAR AND WAS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1990.
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IN CHA KWO
LING
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO A VANTAGE POINT QUARRY WHERE THEY HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TUNNEL SITE.
TIN STATION, LATER, MR HAMMOND WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE LAM
LING DRY DOCK, ALL OF WHICH THE HARD ROCK TUNNEL AND THE CHA KWO FORMED PART OF THE $3.4 BILLION PROJECT.
THE DURING THE TOUR,
COMMISSIONER SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE ASPECTS OF THE THE PROJECT.
ALSO 1,800
ENQUIRED WORKERS
ABOUT THE ENGAGED IN
DA COMMITTER TO DISCUSS SIGNBOARD CONTROL
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING A REVIEW OF CONTROLS OVER ADVERTISING SIGNS WILL BE EXPLAINED TO A MEETING OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY A WORKING GROUP FORMED UNDER THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH TO LOOK INTO VARIOUS MATTERS CONCERNING SIGNBOARDS, INCLUDING PROCEDURĖS FOR REMOVING OBSCENE OR INDECENT SIGNS.
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THE COMMITTEK WILL ALSO DISCUSS NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING TAK OPENING OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR STAGE III, SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY (NOVEMBER
THIS STAGE CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS BETWEEN CHEUNG MOU STREET AND YUEN CHOW STREET, AND BETWEEN MAPLE STREET AND RUTE STREET.
THE WEST