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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1976

THE ROBINSON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FORM PART OF THE P.W.D.'S MID-LEVELS TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT SCHEME WHICH INCLUDE ANOTHER FLYOVER COMPLEX AT THE GARDEN ROAD ROUNDABOUT, AND A THIRD AT THE BOTTOM OF GARDEN ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH QUEENSWAY,

WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON THE GARDEN ROAD ROUNDABOUT FLYOVER COMPLEX WHICH COMPRISES A 110-METRE ELEVATED ROAD FROM MAGAZINE GAP ROAD TO THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF GARDEN ROAD AND A 138-METRE LONG ELEVATED ROAD LINKING THE EASTBOUND LANE OF ROBINSON ROAD TO MAGAZINE GAP ROAD.

THIS COMPLEX SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS AND SHOULD ELIMINATE THE PRESENT LONG QUEUES DURING PEAK HOURS.

MEANWHILE, CONSTRUCTION IS DUE TO START SHORTLY ON THE QUEENSWAY FLYOVER IN CENTRAL. IT WILL BE ABOUT 230 METRES LONG RUNNING FROM GARDEN ROAD OPPOSITE THE HILTON HOTEL TO QUEENSWAY NEAR THE MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CARPARK.

THE NEW FLYOVER WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK FOR TRAFFIC FROM GARDEN ROAD TURNING RIGHT INTO QUEENSWAY AND WILL INCORPORATE A NETWORK OF FOOTBRIDGES FOR SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER GARDEN ROAD, QUEENSWAY, MURRAY ROAD AND COTTON TREE DRIVE.

P.W.D. ROAD PLANNERS EXPECT THE QUEENSWAY FLYOVER TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN LATE 1978.

N.T. PIG FARMERS TO ATTEND ALL-JAPAN SWINE SHOW

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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. EDWARD NICHOLS, TODAY PRESENTED A FLAG AS A SIGN OF GOODWILL TO A DELEGATION OF LEADING NEW TERRITORIES PIG FARMERS WHO WILL BE LEAVING FOR TOKYO TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING TO ATTEND THE 8TH ALL-JAPAN SWINE SHOW AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT FUJI.

THE NINE-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE FEDERATION OF PIG RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES WILL BE HEADED BY MR. KU KA AND MR. YIU KAI-HANG.

THE SHOW, WHICH WILL LAST FROM OCTOBER 23 TO 26, WILL FEATURE SOME 500 PREDIGREE PIGS INCLUDING THE LARGER WHITE, LANDRACE, BERKSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, DUROC, AND MIDDLE WHITE.

MR. KU KA RECEIVED THE FLAG ON BEHALF OF THE DELEGATION.

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