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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989
NINETEEN INCUMBENT URBAN AND REGIONAL
COUNCILLORS HAD SOUGHT RE-ELECTION,
SUEN SAID, AND, "WITH ONE EXCEPTION ALL WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR BID".
MR
SIX HAD BEEN RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED, AND 12 HAD WON SEATS IN POLLS. SEVEN OF THE NINE NEW MEMBERS WERE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
HAD
THE
FAILED TO SECURE MORE CAST, AND HAD FORFEITED THEIR
THREE OF THE ELECTION CANDIDATES THAN ONE-EIGHTH OF THE VALID VOTES ELECTION DEPOFITS, MR SUEN ADDED.
FLYOVER RECONSTRUCTION AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT
A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, DR DANIEL TSE, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT FOR ITS FORESIGHT, CAREFUL PLANNING AND DESIGN IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRINCES9 MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE RECONSTRUCTED FLYOVER, DR TSE SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS REBUILT.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY SIMPLY ΤΟ DEMOLISH COMPLETELY AND THEN BUILD THE NEW ONE, HE SAID, BUT CAUSED SERIOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS.
THE OLD FLYOVER THIS WOULD HAVE
HE ADDED THAT THE FORESIGHT, CAREFUL PLANNING AND DESIGN BY THE ENGINEERS HAD ENABLED SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO BE MAINTAINED ON THE OLD FLYOVER THROUGHOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
DR TSE NOTED THAT DURING THE ENTIRE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD ONLY TWO DAYTIME CLOSURES, ON SUNDAYS, HAD BEEN NECESSARY FOR TECHNICAL REASONS.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, SAID THAT MAINTAINING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC WHILST CARRYING OUT FULL RECONSTRUCTION WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT RARELY ATTEMPTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THIS RATHER UNIQUE PROJECT WOULD BE FEATURED IN A PAPER TO BE PRESENTED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION CONFERENCE IN KOREA IN APRIL. HE SAID.
THE OLD PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER, BUILT IN 1966, ACCOMMODATED ONLY THREE TRAFFIC LANES AND WAS тоо NARROW ΤΟ MEET INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMAND.
THE NEW ............