XN000022-1972-07-27 — Page 9

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Thursday, July 27, 1972

WATER INTERRUPTION IN NORTH POINT AND KWUN TONG

Water supply to a number of premises in North Point and Kwun Tong

will be interrupted on Friday (July 28) and Saturday (July 29).

The supply will be turned off for seven hours for certain premises

in North Point and will be switched off for eight hours in the Kwun Tong area.

Both interruptions will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday.

The area affected in North Point is bounded by 1-49, and 2-40 Ming

Yuen Street West, 2-18 Peacock Road, and Peacock Terrace.

Premises affected in the Kwun Tong area are those at 11 and 55-59

Tung Yan Street, 81-99 and 78-82 Fu-Yan Street, 1-33 and 2-32 Yan Oi Street.

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TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL

A section of the northern carriageway of Connaught Road Central is to

be closed to traffic for five hours on Saturday (July 29) morning from 1 a.m.

to 6 a..

The closure, affecting the section between Queen Victoria Street and

Pedder Street, will facilitate the placing of prefabricated steel frames for

the G.P.0. gantry extension across Connaught Road.

Motorists travelling towards Harcourt Road are advised to turn left

in front of the Hang Seng Bank Building, proceed eastwards along the new road at

the waterfront and then turn right at Blake Pier to join Connaught Road Central

again at the Pedder Street junction.

Appropriate directional and traffic signs will be erected to guide

motorists.

Release Time: 6.45 p.m.