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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1978

+CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO AVOIDING DUPLICATION CF EXISTING LOCAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMES,+ HE ADDED,

ONCE A PROJECT RECEIVES THE GREEN LIGHT, A SUBSIDY OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION. IT WILL BE REVIEWED AND ITS ORGANISERS WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION WHO WILL GIVE TECHNICAL ADVICE AS APPROPRIATE.

MR. LAM SAID MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, PROVED TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY WERE LATER ESTABLISHED ON A PERMANENT BASIS WITH FINANCIAL AIDS FROM CHARITABLE BODIES.

NEW BUS TERMINUS FOR KWUN TONG

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A NEW BUS TERMINUS WILL SOON BE CONSTRUCTED IN CENTRAL KWUN TONG TO COPE WITH RAPID EXPANSION OF BUS SERVICES SERVING THE AREA.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING CALLED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. TOM ARMOUR, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WOULD BE BUILT AT THE JUNCTION OF HIP WO AND YUET WAH STREETS. THE AREA WOULD BE PAVED, AND PROVIDED WITH SHELTERS TO PROTECT PASSENGERS FROM INCLEMENT WEATHER.

PLANTING STRIPS WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE TERMINUS TO IMPROVE THE AMENITY OF THE AREA, HE SAID.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN APRIL AND TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ON COMPLETION, THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE AT YUE MAN SQUARE AND SERVE FIVE BUS ROUTES.

TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN CANTON ROAD

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON TJESDAY (FEBRUARY 21), THE SECTION OF CANTON ROAD BETWEEN DUNDAS STREET AND SOY STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY FROM DUNDAS STREET TO SOY STREET TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.