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FRIDAY, SEPTENVER 12, 1975

WORK ON SHEK KIP MEI MTR STATION TO START SOON

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WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SHORTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE UNDERGROUND SECTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY KNOWN AS SHEK KIP MEI STATION.

THIS STATION WILL BE SITED CLOSE TO THE SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOH CHAI STREET AND WAI CHI STREET.

THE STATION WILL BE LOCATED ALMOST ENTIRELY WITHIN THE ROAD RESERVES OR IN UNDEVELOPED LAND SO AS TO KEEP INTERFERENCE TO EXISTING BUILDINGS TO A MINIMUM.

TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND SOME REDUCTION IN CARRIAGEWAY WIDTHS IN WOH CHAI STREET AND WAI CHI STREET WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH THE WORKS AREA.

WHEN COMPLETED THE STATION WILL BE ABOUT 200 METRES LONG AND SERVED BY FOUR ENTRANCES PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS OF THE DENSELY POPULATED NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS FOR A FAST AND REGULAR TRAIN SERVICE TO OTHER PARTS OF KOWLOON AND TO HONG KONG,

CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR FOR

COMPLETION IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS' TIME.

LAND TO BE RESUMED AT NGAU CHI WAN FOR MTR

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF RESUMING ABOUT 20 LOTS BELONGING TO NGAU CHI WAN VILLAGERS WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHOI HUNG STATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DESPITE THE COMMENCEMENT OF STATUTORY PROCEEDINGS, A PREVIOUS OFFER TO THE OWNERS OF THESE LOTS TO GRANT THEM LAND IN EXCHANGE IN THE SAME AREA AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY IS COMPLETE, STILL REMAINED OPEN.

RESUMPTION PROCEEDINGS HAVE NOT BEEN INITIATED IN RESPECT OF OTHER NGAU CHI WAN LOTS THE OWNERS OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S LAND EXCHANGE OFFER.

DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE VILLAGERS AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WONG TAI SIN, BEGAN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO AND HAVE CONTINUED SINCE.

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