SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1978
PROMENADE IN CENTRAL WATERFRONT *****
OFFICE WORKERS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT WILL HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE TO STROLL, SIT AND RELAX DURING LUNCH HOURS WHEN THE CENTRAL PROMENADE COMPLETES TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WORK ON THE $2.8 MILLION PROMENADE, SITUATED AT THE WATERFRONT BETWEEN BLAKE PIER AND VEHICULAR FERRY PIER, IS NOW UNDERWAY.
MR. K.M. TSENG, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY SITTING SPACE, COVERED WALKWAYS AND PAVILIONS WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE PROMENADE.
IN ADDITION THERE WOULD BE FOUNTAINS, ELEVATED FLOWER BEDS, PAVED AREAS AND A FAST-FOOD KIOSK.
MR. TSENG SAID: THE PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT ON THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION SIMILAR TO STATUE SQUARE, TO FIT IN WITH THE OVERALL SCHEME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT.
RE-OPENING OF SAI WAN HO STREET
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE SECTION OF SAI WAN HO STREET IN SHAU KE! WAN BETWEEN HOI NING STREET AND SHING ON STREET WILL BE RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN A ONE-WAY WESTBOUND DIRECTION FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (APRIL 18) FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF CABLE LAYING WORKS THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME, ONE-WAY TRAFFIC WILL BE RESTORED IN THE SECTION OF HOLY CROSS PATH BETWEEN SAI WAN HO STREET AND SHAU KEI WAN ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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