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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1994
THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THESE SUGGESTIONS AND LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR MIKE CHIU, AND THE OF THE PUBLICITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL, MR ANTHONY YUEN.
ASSISTANT
CHAIRMAN CONSUMER
POK FU LAM ROAD STAGE I RECONSTRUCTION WORKS COMPLETED
SPOKESMAN FOR
THE
POK FU LAM ROAD STAGE I RECONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE COMPLETED DESPITE THE HEAVY RAINS IN JULY AND AUGUST, A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
3.8 KILOMETRES
OF
THE WORKS INVOLVE RECONSTRUCTING ABOUT
AND CARRIAGEWAY
AND FOOTWAY OF THE SECTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD
SHEK PAI WAN ROAD BETWEEN MT DAVIS ROAD AND ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD. THE STORM
IMPROVEMENT WORKS WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND OTHER UTILITY INCLUDED.
ARE
ALSO
FU
LAM
THE
STAGE
OF THE WORKS WHICH COVERS THE SECTION OF POK I ROAD TO THE NORTH OF POK FU LAM RESERVOIR ROAD, INCLUDING THE CRITICAL JUNCTION NEAR QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED DESPITE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE RECENT WET MONTHS.
ARE YEAR.
IN
STAGE II WORKS COVERING THE REMAINING SECTION TOWARDS ABERDEEN
BY PROGRESS AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED
NEXT
FEBRUARY
THE
"UPON COMPLETION OF THE ROADWORKS, A FIVE-YEAR AND ONE-YEAR
RESTRICTION WILL OPENING
BE IMPOSED
ON RESPECTIVELY RECONSTRUCTED CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTWAY.
ROAD
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FURTHERMORE, AS RENEWAL AND PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT CONCURRENTLY DURING THE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORKS, THE PRACTICAL NEED FOR ROAD OPENINGS ALONG THIS SECTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS SHOULD BE MINIMAL
AND ROAD COMMUTERS SHOULD FIND THEIR JOURNEYS SMOOTHER THAN BEFORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE
IMPORTANT
POK FU LAM ROAD TOGETHER RECONSTRUCTED
WITH OTHER ROAD
IMPROVEMENT WORKS
AS PLANNED IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT WILL SERVE ROUTE FOR COMMUTERS BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
AN
DISTRICTS.
THE
RECONSTRUCTED
WORKS
COMMENCED
IN
1992 OCTOBER
AT AN
ESTIMATED COST OF $42 MILLION.
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