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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979

MR. CURRIE SAID THE AREA WOULD BE LANDSCAPED AND WOULD INCLUDE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND,

HE EMPHASISED THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE BEING CATERED FOR IN THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PHYSICAL HANDICAPS:

* A SUBWAY WILL CROSS UNDER TEXACO ROAD AT TAK

TAI PATH.

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·THERE WILL BE SUBWAY ACCESS TO THE PLAY AREA.

A HELICAL PEDESTRIAN RAMP WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FOOTWAY ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

* THERE WILL BE A SUBWAY UNDER THE NEW LINK ROAD

IN TAI WO HAU PARK.

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AN EXTENSIVE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT AT THE JUNCTION OF SHING MUN ROAD AND THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF TEXACO ROAD.

MR. CURRIE ADDED. +BUILT INTO THE STRUCTURE WILL BE A SENSITIVE TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEM, PLANNED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

*THIS WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE DATA FOR PWD DESIGN ENGINEERS.+

THE MAIN CONTRACTOR IS KUMAGAI GUMI (H.K.) LTD. CONSTRUCTION IS BEING SUPERVISED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, NEW TERRITORIES,

LAND SALES REALISE $22.45 MILLION *****

A 2,329-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT CHO YUEN STREET IN SAM KA TSUEN, KOWLOON, WAS SOLD FOR $20.7 MILLION AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE SITE, FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES, WAS BOUGHT

BY VILLAMAN LTD. AT $8,887.94 PER SQUARE METRE.

ANOTHER LOT AT 460 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON, WAS SOLD TO WAI WONG INVESTMENT CO. LTD. FOR $1.75 MILLION OR $20,022.89 PER SQUARE METRE.

THE SITE, MEASURING 87.4 SQUARE METRE, IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

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