XN000022-1979-03-09 — Page 9

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979

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PART OF PALM STREET TO BE REBUILT

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO REBUILD THE SECTION OF PALM STREET BETWEEN CHERRY STREET AND ANCHOR STREET IN TAI KOK TSUI SHORTLY.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF PWD.

MR. T.D. ARMOUR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID THE SURFACE OF PALM STREET HAD DETERIORATED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT REQUIRED FREQUENT MAINTENANCE AND THAT CAUSED DISRUPTON TO TRAFFIC AND INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.

HE SAID THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TAKEN TO RECONSTRUCT

FOOTWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

IN ADDITION, MR. ARMOUR SAID, MINOR ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD WORKS.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MAY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

DURING THIS PERIOD, THE ROAD WILL BE RETAINED IN ITS EXISTING ONE-WAY DIRECTION WITH ONE TRAFFIC LANE AND ACCESS TO PREMISES BEING MAINTAINED.

1979 EEC GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES

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CIRCULARS GIVING DETAILS OF THE 1979 EEC GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES (GSP) HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

APART FROM THE ADDITION OF A FEW ITEMS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, THE 1979 EEC GSP IS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S SCHEME.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS MAY NOW BE MADE TO THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT FOR CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, FORMS A TO COVER GOODS TO BE SHIPPED TO THE EEC UNDER ITS GSP ARRANGEMENT.

COPIES OF THE CIRCULAR (CERTIFICATE OF PREFERENCE CIRCULAR NO. 2/79 DATED MARCH 9, 1979) CONTAINING DETAILS OF 1979 EEC GSP ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE RECEPTIONIST COUNTER OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, GROUND FLOOR OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

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