XN000022-1978-05-23 — Page 9

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TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1978

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AREAS UNDER ELEVATED ROAD IN

WEST KOWLOON TO BE LANDSCAPED ******

AREAS UNDER THE WESTERN END OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR AN ELEVATED ROAD FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD TO TONG MI ROAD WILL BE REINSTATED SHORTLY UNDER A $617,000 LANDSCAPING CONTRACT.

MR. PANG HO--CHE, SENIOR ENGINEER (CAPITAL WORKS) OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT THE MAJOR PART OF THE AREA TO BE REINSTATED WAS AT THE WESTERN END BETWEEN CANTON ROAD AND FER.RY STREET.

+THIS AREA WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND TERRACES AND FLOWER POTS CONTAINING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS AND SHRUBS WILL BE PROVIDED,+ HE SAID.

+AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER AREA, WHICH IS NOT DIRECTLY UNDER THE ELEVATED ROAD, WILL BE TURFED.+

MR. PANG POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD ALSO COVER THE PAVING OF AREAS UNDER THE ELEVATED ROAD BETWEEN CANTON ROAD AND SHANGHAI STREET WHICH MIGHT POSSIBLY BE TURNED INTO REST AREAS FOR THE PUBLIC.

WORK ON THIS CONTRACT WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

MEANWHILE, WORK ON ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR THE $300 MILLION

WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR IS UNDERWAY.

THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROADWAY FROM TAI KOK TSUI TO SHAM SHUI PO AND THE ASSOCIATED GROUND-LEVEL ROADS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY IN 1980.

WHEN COMPLETED, THIS NEW FLYOVER WILL PROVIDE A VERY DESIRABLE BY-PASS FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELLING THROUGH THE HEAVILY CONGESTED TAI KOK TSUI AREA.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FIRE OFFICERS TO INSPECT FACTORIES

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS OF FACTORY PREMISES IN TAI YAU STREET, SAN PO KONG, TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) WITH THE AIM OF ABATING POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE SURVEY

THOSE COVERING THE ASSIGNMENT ARE WHICH BEGINS AT 9.30 A.M. ASKED TO MEET DIVISIONAL OFFICER KEN HODGKINS OUTSIDE SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TSUK LUK STREET NOT LATER THAN 9.15 A.M.

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