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MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1979

THE $18.9 MILLION PROJECT COMPRISES A FOUR-STOREY ADMINISTRATION BLOCK AND A FIVE-STOREY TEACHING BLOCK, ACCOMMODATING 55 CLASSROOMS AND WORKSHOPS FOR COURSES IN ENGINEERING, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICAL DESIGN,

IT IS NAMED AFTER MR. LEE WAI LEE IN RECOGNITION OF A DONATION OF $5 MILLION.

THE INSTITUTE IS THE FOURTH NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TO BE BUILT, THE OTHERS BEING AT KWUN TONG, KWAI CHUNG AND CHEUNG SHA WAN.

BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG ISLAND, MEMBERS OF THE P.W.S.C. VISITED THE BEACON HILL RAILWAY TUNNEL WHICH WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SINGLE TRACK TUNNEL THAT HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1910.

THE DOUBLE TRACK TUNNEL IS SO DESIGNED THAT ITS HEIGHT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

THE PARTY SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE TUNNEL WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 35 PER CENT COMPLETE.

ON COMPLETION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1981, THE $78 MILLION TUNNEL WILL BE 2.3 KILOMETRES LONG.

THE GROUP ENDED THE IR TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL.

THE $306 MILLION PROJECT, COMPRISING THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL THE CONTROL BUILDINGS, THE WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE, AND THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER EXTENSION, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1981.

THE TWIN TUNNEL, WHICH PROVIDES A FAST AND DIRECT LINK BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND, IS ABOUT 1.8 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.

SO FAR, THE TUNNELLING AT THE NORTH PORTAL HAS PROGRESSED ABOUT 1,300 METRES IN THE NORTH BOUND TUNNEL AND ABOUT 250 METRES IN THE SOUTH BOUND TUNNEL WHILE EXCAVATION AND RIB INSTALLATION AT SOUTH PORTAL FOR BOTH TUNNELS ARE IN PROGRESS.

MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE CONTROL BUILDINGS AND THE WONG

CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE, IS MAKING PROGRESS.

THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER EXTENSION WHICH LINKS THE NORTH PORTAL OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL WITH THE EXISTING FLYOVER STRUCTURE AT GLOUCESTER ROAD IS ABOUT 77 PER CENT COMPLETE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ELEVATED ROAD IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH CAPACITY ROUTE FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL.

IT WILL ALSO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY PROVIDING GRADE SEPARATION AT THREE BUSY ROAD JUNCTIONS AT LEIGHTON ROAD/CANAL ROAD, LEIGHTON ROAD/MORRISON HILL ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST/ WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD/MORRISON HILL ROAD.

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