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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1977

$420 MILLION MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS TO EASE TAI PO TRAFFIC ******

WORK WILL START NEXT YEAR ON TWO MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS COSTING $420 MILLION TO HELP COPE WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT.

THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, SAID TODAY THAT BOTH THE SHA TIN TO TAI PO COASTAL ROAD, WHICH COSTS $250 MILLION, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD LINKING FANLING TO YUEN LONG SHOULD BE READY FOR USE IN 1981.

HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS COUPLING URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO WITH THESE ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN MOTOR TRAFFIC.

MR. OXLEY WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND VARIETY SHOW TO MARK THE END OF THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS 1977 ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

TWELVE MOST ROAD-SAFETY-CONSCIOUS RESIDENTS IN THE SIX DISTRICTS OF TAI PO, TA KWU LING, SHA TAU KOK, SAI KUNG NORTH, SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING, CHOSEN BY A SPECIAL PANEL OVER A TWO-MONTH PERIOD, WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES BY EACH RURAL DISTRICT CHAIRMAN.

COMMENTING ON THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR. OXLEY SAID : +SINCE OUR ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN IN TAI PO DISTRICT COMMENCED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ACHIEVED PARTICULARLY GOOD RESULTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE SELECTED MODEL DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS THROUGHOUT TAI PO DISTRICT WHO WERE CHOSEN BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE EARLIER IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR THEIR EXCELLENT DISPLAY OF ROAD SAFETY MANNERS.

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+ THE CAMPAIGN IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE IT HELPS TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIFE. IT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY THANK THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THIS DISTRICT AND ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AND PARTICIPANTS PRESENT HERE TODAY FOR THEIR FULL SUPPORT.

+SPECIAL THANKS ARE ALSO DUE TO MR. LAU YAM-MAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WHO HAS GIVEN CONSIDERABLE TIME AND EFFORT IN ORGANISING AND PROMOTING BOTH THIS EVENT AND THE TAJ PO CAMPAIGN.

+ I HOPE THAT ALL RESIDENTS IN THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY THROUGH THE EFFORT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. +

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