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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993
THE LANDFILL, WHEN COMMISSIONED NEXT YEAR, IS EXPECTED ΤΟ SERVE MAINLY AS A DISPOSAL CENTRE FOR PRIVATELY COLLECTED WASTE FROM THE URBAN AND SOUTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES AREAS. IT WILL HAVE A TOTAL CAPACITY OF ABOUT 39 MILLION TONNES.
TOGETHER WITH THE TWO OTHER STRATEGIC LANDFILLS BEING PLANNED, THE SOUTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES LANDFILL WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE DISPOSAL FACILITY WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
NEW ABERDEEN INTERCHANGE BOOSTS TRAFFIC CAPACITY
THE INTERCHANGE AT THE JUNCTION OF ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD AND TIN WAN PRAYA ROAD WOULD INCREASE THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY TO COPE WITH GROWING DEMAND FROM THE WAH KWAI PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT KELLETT BAY, THE REGIONAL HIGHWAYS ENGINEER (HONG KONG REGION) OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR WONG WAH-LUN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT A TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF INTERCHANGE, MR WONG SAID THE WORK STARTED IN JUNE 1990 AND TOOK 34 MONTHS TO COMPLETE AT A COST OF $88 MILLION.
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"IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE REPLACE THE SIGNAL CONTROLLED JUNCTION AT ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD AND TIN WAN PRAYA ROAD.
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FOOTBRIDGE NETWORK WAS BUILT ΤΟ COMPLETELY SEGREGATE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THERE. A SECTION OF ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD WAS WIDENED FROM DUAL TWO-LANE TO DUAL THREE-LANE TRAFFIC, HE SAID.
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IN ADDITION, THE WORK COVERS RECONSTRUCTION OF AN OPEN AIR CAR PARK ADJACENT TO THE ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET, AND PROVISION OF A PUBLIC CAR PARK NEAR YUR KO STREET, BUS LAYBYS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT AT SHEK PAI WAN ROAD.
"A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE PROJECT IS EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE COSTING ABOUT $4 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
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THIS INVOLVES THE PLANTING OF 660 TREES AND 16,500 SHRUBS OF A GREAT VARIETY OF SPECIES OVER AN AREA OF 7,300 SQUARE METRES, THE PAVING OF 7,000 SQUARE METRES OF FOOTWAY WITH COLOURED PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND THE PROVISION OF 1,800 METRES OF RUBBLE FACED PLANTER WALLS.
"THESE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF AN ATTRACTIVE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE ABERDEEN AREA, HE SAID.
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OTHER GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR MAN HON-MING; THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE; AND THE DIRECTOR OF CHINA FUJIAN CORPORATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TECHNO-ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT, MR ZHU LIN-MIN.
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