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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1990
ON COMMERCE, MR HSU SAID TWO BIG SHOPPING CENTRES WOULD BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI STATIONS, WHILE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING WOULD PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE TWO TOWNS.
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"AS FOR AGRICULTURE, THE 4,000 FARMERS IN THE DISTRICT PRODUCING $540 MILLION WORTH OF PRODUCTS EACH YEAR, REPRESENTING THIRD OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS," HE SAID.
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TURNING TO MARICULTURE, MR HSU POINTED OUT THAT THE YIELD FROM THE SIX FISH CULTURE ZONES IN THE NORTH DISTRICT CONSTITUTED ONE SIXTH OF THE TERRITORY'S TOTAL PRODUCTION, AND WAS WORTH $30 MILLION LAST YEAR.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE; ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR ALFRED CHAN; NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM HUI; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
SPONSORED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE SHOW WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM. TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AND ON MONDAY, ADMISSION IS FREE.
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SHING MUN TUNNELS RELIEVE CONGESTION AT LION ROCK TUNNEL
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THE OPENING OF SHING MUN TUNNELS HAS PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED RELIEF TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT LION ROCK TUNNEL AND TAI
PO ROAD AS WELL AS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN, AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MRS DOROTHY CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT AN OCCASION MARKING THE USE OF THE NEW ROAD FACILITY BY THE ONE MILLIONTH VEHICLE SINCE ITS OPENING ON APRIL 20.
DURING A PRESS VISIT TO SHING MUN TUNNELS, MRS CHAN SAID AN AVERAGE OF 26,625 CARS WENT THROUGH THE TUNNELS DAILY.
MRS CHAN NOTED THAT THE DAILY TWO-WAY TRAFFIC THROUGH LION ROCK TUNNEL HAD DECREASED BY ABOUT 14 PER CENT FROM 102,700 VEHICLES TO 88,225 VEHICLES AFTER THE OPENING OF THE TUNNELS.
SIMILARLY FOR TAI PO ROAD, THE DAILY TWO-WAY TRAFFIC HAD DECREASED BY ABOUT 13 PER CENT FROM 47,400 TO 41,060 VEHICLES.
THIS WAS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL DAILY TRIPS IN THE CORRIDOR HAD INCREASED BY ABOUT FOUR PER CENT FROM 150,100 TO 155,900, SHE ADDED.
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