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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
SAI KUNG DB TO BE CONSULTED ON FESTIVAL ARRANGEMENTS
ON THIS YEAR'S KUNG TOWN,
THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE CONSULTED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN SAI THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER MUNN, SAID.
THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (DMC) HAD DISCUSSED ISSUE AT ITS MEETING ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 13).
SAID CONSULTATION
MR MUNN
BY
THE
PROPOSED ASSOCIATION, WOULD
FESTIVAL'S
BECAUSE
SAI
THE
THE
NECESSARY
SITE
THE
KUNG KAIFONG TRAFFIC RE-ROUTEING WHICH
WAS ORGANISERS, REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE
MIGHT CAUSE INCONVENIENCE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
THE DISTRICT BOARD WOULD BE ASKED TO ADVISE ON DISRUPTION WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE FROM POINT OF VIEW, HE ADDED.
THE EXTENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S
SITES
MR MUNN SAID THE DMC HAD CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE
PERFORMANCES FOR PUTTING UP THE MATSHED FOR THEATRICAL
TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL, EACH OF WHICH HAD ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.
THE ORGANISERS OF THE FESTIVAL HAD, HOWEVER, STRESSED THAT SITE MOST ACCEPTABLE TO THEM WOULD BE THE PLOT OF LAND IMMEDIATELY
WAS THIS SITE
TRADITIONALLY USED FRONT OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE THE FESTIVAL UNTIL 1986.
-
THE
IN
FOR
WOULD REQUIRE THE KUNG MARKET
SITE MR MUNN POINTED OUT THAT USE OF THIS CLOSURE OF A SECTION OF YI CHUN STREET FROM NEAR THE SAI TO WAN KING PATH.
THE ROAD
CLOSURE, FOLLOWING
WITH HE SAID THAT IN CONNECTION TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AND THE MANAGEMENT SCHEME WAS PROPOSED AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY :
(A)
WOULD THE HAMMER
SPECIAL TRAFFIC
THE SECTION OF YI CHUN STREET BETWEEN ITS JUNCTIONS MAN NIN STREET AND WAN KING PATH
BECOME TWO VEHICLES WOULD TURN AROUND IN
HEAD OF SECTION OF ROAD, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE USED FOR LOADING UNLOADING PURPOSES;
WITH
WAY.
THIS AND
(B)
JUNCTIONS WITH THE SECTION OF MAN NIN STREET BETWEEN ITS
AND THE YI CHUN STREET AND ROAD L7 WOULD BECOME TWO WAY
SPACES ALONG ON-STREET PARKING
THIS
WOULD SECTION
BE
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED;
(C)
THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON ROAD L7 WOULD BE REVERSED;
(D)
THE GREEN MINIBUS (GMB) CHUN STREET AND ROAD L7 ROAD GMB TERMINUS; AND
3 AND 4 ON YI STANDS FOR ROUTES 2 J WOULD BE RELOCATED TO THE FUK
MAN
/(E) THE