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Friday, September 7, 1973

FIRST SECTION OF MASS TRANS IT SYSTEM TO BE BUILT IN ADVANCE

Work on the first section of the multi-million-dollar Mass

Transit Railway system will begin shortly in the north-eastern part of

Kowloon.

This section, which will be 200 metres in length, will run under

Kwun Tong Road and link the future Choi Hung Station in the north and the

Kowloon Bay Depot in the south.

A spokesman for the Public Works Department explained that the

reason for building this section at this stage was to reduce inconvenience

to the public later on.

The works, designed by Freeman Fox and Partners (Far East),

will be carried out in conjunction with another major road project in

the area -- the Kwun Tong Road Duplication Scheme.

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This project involves the widening of a section of Kwun Tong

Road, between the main entrance to R.A.F. Kai Tak and Choi Wan Road, from

six to 12 lanes to ease the severe traffic congestion in the Kwun Tong

and Choi Hung areas.

Also included in the project is the construction of an elevated

road to link Kwun Tong Road with the future Wai Yip Street Extension.

This dual two-lane road forms an integral part of the planned

road network in the Kowloon Bay Reclamation.

On completion, the flyover will carry Wai Yip Street Extension

traffic over Kwun Tong Road, thus allowing traffic to flow freely in both

directions.

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