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Friday, April 6, 1973

EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN YAU MA TET UNDERWAY

New Roads, Open Space, Cargo Handling Facilities

The waterfront at Yau Ma Tei is taking on a new look with the addition

of more than 20 acres of reclaimed land between Man Cheung Street and Cherry

Street.

A new road running parallel to Nathan Road, more open space and larger

cargo handling areas will be provided under the $30 million Tong Mi Road

Extension scheme.

The new road will not only ease present traffic congestion in the

West Kowloon area, but will also serve as a relief route when the mass transit

railway is under construction along Nathan Road.

Included in the soheme is an elevated road which is now in an advanced

state of design. It will form part of the future road network linking Tsuen

Wan and North Kowloon with Tsim Sha Tsui.

There is now less than an acre of land in Yau Ma Tei for open space

but a further five acres will be provided by reclamation to improve the

environment there.

The existing arrangements in the area for loading and unloading craft

are also considered unsatisfactory and another five acres of reclaimed land

is to be made available to improve this.

The entire scheme is phased into three stages. Stage I consists of

building a seawall between Lee Tat Street and Soy Street and is virtually complete.

Reclamation behind it is well advanced.

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