SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1992
APART FROM BEING THE MAIN ARTERY OF THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT ROAD NETWORK, THE CORRIDOR ALSO SERVES AS ONE OF THE MAIN LINKS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.
THE OPENING OF THE CLING CHEUNG SLIP ROAD WOULD ENABLE CONTAINER TRUCKS, WHICH HAD BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC BURDEN IN THE AREA, TO ENTER AND LEAVE THE PORT AREA DIRECT VIA CHING CHEUNG ROAD WITHOUT PASSING THROUGH THE ALREADY BUSY KWAI CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR, DR NIP SAID.
THE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME TO KWAI CHUNG ROAD IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN TWO STAGES WITH WORKS AT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ROAD HAVING ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
SEVERAL
DR NIP SAID THE RESULTING OPENING OF THREE FLYOVERS, FOOTBRIDGES AND OTHER GROUND LEVEL WIDENING WORKS HAD ALREADY BROUGHT ABOUT SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
WORKS ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE MAIN
ROUTE, WHICH FORMS THE LAST PHASE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, HAD ALSO BEEN PROGRESSING WELL WITH THE COMPLETION OF A COUPLE OF NEW ROAD LINKS AT THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE RECENTLY PLUS THE NEW SLIP ROAD TODAY, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID 1993. BY THEN THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD WOULD BE WIDENED TO A DUAL FIVE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WHICH SHOULD REMOVE THE LAST TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK IN THE REGION.
FREE BOOKMARKS FOR VISITORS TO CAREERS EXPO
* * * * *
FREE
VISITORS TO THE EDUCATION & CAREERS EXPO '92 WILL RECEIVE OF CHARGE A BOOKMARK, THE DESIGN OF WHICH OUTMATCHED 540 ENTRIES IN A . COMPETITION.
THE LAMINATED BOOKMARK FEATURES A BLOOMING PLANT ON ONE
SIDE
AND SEVERAL SEEDLINGS GROWING HEALTHILY IN THE "RIGHT SOIL'
011" ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
MORE THAN 65 SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE CAREERS BOOKMARK DESIGN COMPETITION WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE CAREERS ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AS AN ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY OF THE EXPOSITION.
"THE ENTRIES ARE OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND THROUGH WORDS
AND GRAPHICS THE DESIGNS VIVIDLY DEPICT THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOOSING THE RIGHT CAREERS," SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER
SIU SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MRS CLARE
/THE WINNER