XN000022-1976-10-02 — Page 3

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1976

AT THE PLANNING STAGE ALSO, HE ADDED, WERE A NEW CREMATORIUM AT DIAMOND HILL, TO INCLUDE A COLUMBARIUM WITH INITIALLY 3,000 NICHES, AND A NEW CREMATORIUM AT TSUEN WAN,

+THE TSUEN WAN CREMATORIUM IS UNDER ACTIVE PLANNING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE UPGRADED TO CATEGORY A IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME,+ HE EMPHASISED.

+CREMATION IS BEING ACCEPTED BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN EASILY FIND PLACES TO STORE THE ASHES, SUCH AS ON ALTARS OR SHRINES IN HOMES, TEMPLES, MONASTERIES, NUNNERIES AND OTHER PLACES.

I THINK THIS DEMAND WILL KEEP ON RISING AT A RATE OF OVER

20 PER CENT A YEAR.+

NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN JORDAN ROAD AREA

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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE JORDAN ROAD AREA TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S JORDAN STATION.

FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 4), CHI WO STREET BETWEEN NANKING STREET AND JORDAN ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.

ALSO, FROM 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 7), THE LEFT TURN FROM NATHAN ROAD SOUTHBOUND INTO JORDAN ROAD EASTBOUND WILL BE PROHIBITED.

THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR LEFT-TURNING TRAFFIC WILL BE VIA NANK ING STREET AND CHI WO STREET TO JORDAN ROAD,

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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