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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1975.

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TSIM SHA TSUI TRAFFIC-FREE ZONE

OPENS ON TUESDAY

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PEDESTRIANS IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE ABLE TO WALK ON HANOI ROAD AND CORNWALL AVENUE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT TRAFFIC HAZARDS FROM NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 1) WHEN THESE TWO ROADS BECOME PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS.

THE OPENING FOR THE ROADS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF PEDESTRIANS, SHOPPER AND TOURISTS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WILL BE MARKED BY A RIBBON- CUTTING CEREMONY BY KAIFONG LEADERS ON TUESDAY MORNING.

VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ROADS EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES SUCH AS FIRE ENGINES, POLICE CARS AND AMBULANCES. GOODS VEHICLES REQUIRING ACCESS TO SERVICE PREMISES ALONG THE ROADS WILL BE PERMITTED ENTRY ONLY BETWEEN 7 P.M. AND 11 A.M. THE NEXT DAY.

BENCHES AND FLOWER POTS ARE BEING PROVIDED AT KERBSIDES TO GIVE THE ROADS A FRESH ENVIRONMENTAL LOOK AS A LEISURE-CUM-SHOPPING PARADISE.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT SCHEME WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN KOWLOON AND WOULD BE TRIED OUT FOR SIX MONTHS, AFTER WHICH IT COULD BE MADE PERMANENT SHOULD IT PROVE SUCCESSFUL.

+IT IS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN BUILT-UP AREAS, AS THE PROVISION OF TRAFFIC-FREE STREETS WHERE PEOPLE COULD STROLL AND SHOP AT LEISURE AND IN SAFETY WOULD DO MUCH TO IMPROVE URBAN SURROUNDINGS.

+THE SCHEME IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE FOR CHATER ROAD, IN CENTRAL DISTRICT, THE CLOSURE OF WHICH TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON WEEKENDS SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS HAS PROVED VERY POPULAR WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,+ HE SAID. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE KOWLOON PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED ON TUESDAY AT 11 A.M. AT HANOI ROAD BY MR. YU LOK-YAU, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION- MR. CHAN KAM-CHING, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN MR. ALAN LAU, A SHOP OWNER OF HANOI ROAD- AND OFFICIALS FROM THE YAU MA TI CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR

PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 11 A.M. ON TUESDAY.

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF CORNWALL AVENUE ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE G.I.S. PRESS BOXES FOR COLLECTION.

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