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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1977

FURTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS TO STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON FURTHE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JUNCTION OF STUBBS ROAD, TA! HANG ROAD AND WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT.

THE WORK INVOLVES THE WIDENING OF A SECTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND THE UPPER SECTIONS OF STUBBS ROAD ADJACENT TO THE ROUNDABOUT SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LANES ON THESE TWO SECTIONS OF ROADS.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT, COSTING ABOUT $380,000, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO WAN YU AND CO. LTD. AND WAS FORMALLY SIGNED IN THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE TODAY.

MR. HO KWOK-YU, ACTING CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER, SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

+ON COMPLETION, VEHICLES TRAVELLING DOWN STUBBS ROAD FROM THE UPPER SECTION CAN FILTER TO THE LOWER SECTION WITHOUT CAUSING SERIOUS INTERRUPTION TO THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AT THE ROUNDABOUT, HE SAID.

+SIMILARLY. THE ADDITIONAL NORTH-BOUND LANE IN TAI HANG ROAD WILL ENABLE VEHICLES TO FILTER FROM TAI HANG ROAD TO WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD.+

ANNUAL CAMP FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

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MORE THAN 400 DISABLED CHILDREN UNDER THE CARE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A THREE-DAY CAMP AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE CAMP IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE REHABILITATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND STARTS FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY). IT PROVIDES THE DISABLED CHILDREN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS, GAMES AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN OUTDOOR LIFE.

THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE 359 MENTALLY RETARDED, 48 DEAF AND FIVE PHYSICALLY DISABLED CHILDREN INCLUDE TALENT SHOWS, GROUP GAMES, HIKING, SWIMMING, BALL GAMES AND BARBECUE PARTIES.

THE CHILDREN WILL BE LOOKED AFTER BY ABOUT 80 STAFF FROM 13 REHABILITATION INSTITUTIONS AND CENTRES WHO ARE ORGANISING THE

CAMP,

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