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NEW ROAD OPENED
Thursday, July 5, 1973
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today opened the new Nam Fung
Road which links Aberdeen with Happy Valley and Wanchai.
The road begins at the widened upper section of Deep Water Bay
Road and runs 5,100 feet along the southern foothills of Mount Nicholson
before joining Wong Chuk Hang Road near the Grantham Hospital.
Costing more than $4 million, it comprises two lanes for uphill
traffic and one for downhill traffic, with a six-foot wide footpath on each
side of the road.
It shortens the route from Wong Chuk Hang Road to Deep Water Bay
Road by one third of a mile and will greatly reduce the travelling time
between Aberdeen and Wanchai.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Sir Murray said the completion
of this road should be a happy event for those who live on the southern side
of Hong Kong Island.
Industry and housing are developing rapidly, but access is inadequate,
and major improvement to Pokfulam Road must be slow because of topographical
and land problems.
"The right long term answer would seem to be a road tunnel between
Aberdeen and Happy Valley. The plan is for a 6,000-foot long twin tube four-lane
tunnel.
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