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Thursday, December 21, 1972

NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON

Effective On Saturday

A series of new traffic arrangements will be introduced in Mong

Kok and Hung Hom from 10 a.. on Saturday (December 23).

In Mong Kok, the section of Nelson Street from Yim Po Fong Street

to Sai Yee Street will become one-way westbound, and the section of Shantung

Street from Sai Yee Street to Yin Po Fong Street will become one-way east-

bound.

The section of Fuk Lee Street between Man On Street and Tai Kok

Tsui Road will become two-way to improve traffic circulation.

At the same time, the ban on lorries over two tons travelling uphill

on the section of Tai Po Road between its junctions with Ching Cheung Road and

Caldecott Road will be lifted.

A department spokesman said today: "Road works at the Kowloon end

of the Lion Rock Tunnel, which is the alternative route to the New Territories

for heavy lorries, make it desirable to relax the ban."

The ban was imposed in November last year to relieve traffic con-

gestion caused by slow-moving heavy lorries moving uphill.

There will also be a number of re-routings in Hung Hom to improve

traffic flow.

Cooke Street from Gillies Avenue to the former section of Chatham

Road and Winslow Street from Gillies Avenue to Lo Lung Hang Street will become

routed one-way northbound.

/Baker Street