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IMPROVEMENT WORK STARTS IN MAGAZINE GAP ROAD

Expected To Take 8 Months To Complete

Work has started on the widening of the lower hairpin bond on

Magazine Gap Road in the section between May Road and Bowen Road,

This follows the completion of the upper hairpin bend at its junction

with May Road.

The work involves the widening of the carriageway to 22 feet and

enlarging the radius of the road curve so as to provide an easier bond,

To achieve this improvement, it is necessary to construct a retaining

wall on the steep slope below the road and to renove rocks on the hillside.

The existing road at this location is already restricted in width and

the need to provide space for working and the erection of blasting screens

will leave sufficient space for only single lane traffic.

Traffic control signals are being provided in the area but some

delays and inconvenience to motorists are unavoidable during the course of

the construction work, a spokesman of the Public Works Department said today

(Wednesday).

The work is expected to take about eight months to complete.

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PUBLIC LECTURE ON CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING

AT CITY HALL ART GALLERY

An illustrated public lecture by Mrs. Adelyn Breeskin on American

painting will be given in the City Hall Art Gallery on Thursday at 6 P.,

Mrs. Breeskin, who is a well known museum director and authority on

American art, is making a lecture tour of the Far East, She is spending

one week in Hong Kong visiting local schools and colleges and meeting artists.

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