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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1976
TWO IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE LIVING AND
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN EASTERN WANCHAI ******
TWO IMPORTANT PROJECTS ARE TO BE BUILT IN THE EASTERN PART OF WAN CHAI TO IMPROVE LIVING AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THERE.
THEY ARE A NEW MARKET IN CANAL ROAD AND A FLYOVER EXTENSION TO WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD.
WORK ON THE FLYOVER EXTENSION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WHEN COMPLETED IT WILL PROVIDE A HIGH-CAPACITY LINK BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND WATERFRONT ROAD AND THE FUTURE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES AN ELEVATED DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, CONNECTING RAMPS TO THE GROUND-LEVEL ROADS AND PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS.
+IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS RELIEVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE BUSY ROAD JUNCTIONS AT LEIGHTON ROAD, CANAL ROAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WORK ON THE MARKET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT JANUARY. IT WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT TEMPORARY MARKET, WHICH OPERATES IN CRAMPED CONDITIONS BENEATH ONE OF THE EXISTING FLYOVERS NEAR THE SITE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO ENABLE THESE ESSENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CARRIED OUT, THE GOVERNMENT MUST RESUME TENEMENT BLOCKS AT NOS. 1-9 AND 2-8 CHỈ SHING LANE, NOS. 19A-19B BOWRINGTON ROAD AND NO. 3 CHAN TONG LANE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW BEGINNING STATUTORY PROCEEDINGS TO RESUME THE LAND ON WHICH THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES STAND. THE PROPERTIES WILL REVERT TO THE CROWN ON JULY 12, 1976.
+SINCE THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL POST-WAR, OCCUPANTS WILL BE ENTITLED TO THE NEW COMPENSATION PAYMENTS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN POST-WAR BUILDINGS RESUMED FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL OCCUPANTS WILL RECEIVE ADVANCE COMPENSATION OF 50 PER CENT OF THE FULL AMOUNT ON SIGNING AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FROM THEIR PREMISES. THE BALANCE WILL BE PAID AFTER THEY LEAVE.
/IN ADDITION
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