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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1989
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"THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. IN IMPLEMENTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,
IN WILL KEEP
CLOSE COMMUNICATION
TENANTS BOOKLET ON REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ THEM,
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THE COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR, WAS AIMED AT REDEVELOPING MORE THAN 500 OLDER PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS BY THE YEAR 2001.
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IT WAS ALSO STATED THEN THAT A FIVE-YEAR ROLLING PROGRAMME WOULD BE ANNOUNCED EACH YEAR SO AS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF PLANNED REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT PERIOD.
NT TAXI BOUNDARY IN TSUEN WAN TO BE REVISED
THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A REVISION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TAXI BOUNDARY IN TSUEN WAN TO TIE IN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME THERE.
AT PRESENT, NT TAXIS ARE PERMITTED TO CARRY PASSENGERS FROM ROUTE TWISK VIA WAI TSUEN ROAD AND SAI LAU KOK TO TSUEN WAN MTR STATION FOR INTERCHANGE BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS ALONG THE ROADS.
A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED LATER THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND ΤΟ ELIMINATE CONFLICTING TURNING MOVEMENTS IN WAI TSUEN ROAD AREA.
UNDER THE SCHEME, MIU KONG STREET AND SECTIONS OF WAI TSUEN ROAD, SHING MUN ROAD AND SAI LAU KOK ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC TO FORM A CLOCKWISE GYRATORY SYSTEM.
AS A RESULT, NT TAXIS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS ΤΟ THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION.
THUS, AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NT TAXIS TO TRAVEL FROM ROUTE TWISK VIA WAI TSUEN ROAD, MIU KONG STREET, SHING MUN ROAD AND SAI LAU KOK ROAD TO TSUEN WAN MTR STATION BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS ALONG THESE ROADS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE ΤΟ THE ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS WILL BE REVISED TO INCLUDE THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IN THE PERMITTED AREA OF NT WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
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