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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1979

TENDERS INVITED FOR KOWLOON PARK CONSTRUCTION WORKS

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) INVITED TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SITTING AREA, A THREE-STOREY RESTAURANT BUILDING AND VIEWING ARCADES AT KOWLOON PARK.

IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD ALSO BE A GRAND STAIRCASE AS THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO THE PARK, A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT, FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, WOULD MATCH IN STYLE WITH THE CHINESE GARDEN WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED.

THE $2.5 MILLION CHINESE GARDEN, CONSISTING OF PAVILIONS LOTUS PONDS AND VIEWING ARCADES, WOULD BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (SATURDAY), HE ADDED.

CAR PARK RENAMED

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE HARBOUR ROAD VEHICLE PARK ON THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION WILL BE REDESIGNATED WITH EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER 1.

THE VEHICLE PARK, SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF FLEMING ROAD BETWEEN GLOUCESTER AND HARBOUR ROADS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS TO BE KNOWN AS THE HARBOUR ROAD LORRY PARK AND HARBOUR ROAD CAR PARK.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE USE OF THE LORRY PARK WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO UNLADEN GOODS VEHICLES, AND PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUSES WHILE THE CAR PARK WILL BE FOR PRIVATE CARS ONLY,

MEANWHILE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE MURRAY BARRACKS CAR PARK IN GARDEN ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 28) IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SITE AVAILABLE FOR A CONCERT.