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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1981

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URBAN CLEARWAYS IN CENTRAL

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FROM 7 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 17) TWO SECTIONS OF ROADS IN CENTRAL WILL BE DESIGNATED URBAN CLEARWAYS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THEY ARE THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL BETWEEN JACKSON ROAD AND PEDDER STREET, AND A 20-METRE SECTION_OF ICE HOUSE STREET NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

WITHIN THESE CLEARWAYS, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM DAILY.

THE BOUNDARY OF THE RESTRICTED ZONES WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS.

MIT CLUB MEMBERS VISIT NEW TERRITORIES

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MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) CLUB OF HONG KONG VISITED THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (NT), MRS SHELLEY LAU.

THE GROUP WAS FIRST GIVEN AN IN-DEPTH BRIEFING ON THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BY NEW TERRITORIES SECRETARY, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

AFTERWARDS THEY TRAVELLED TO TSUEN WAN WHERE THE TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, OUTLINED SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS NOW BEING COMPLETED IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE BY-PASS AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION.

IN TUEN MUN THEY WERE BRIEFED ON PLANS TO INCREASE THE POPULATION FROM THE PRESENT FIGURE OF 120 000 TO MORE THAN 500 000 BY THE END OF THIS DECADE.

THE ESTATE SURVEYOR OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, MR BILL PIERCEY, ALSO EXPLAINED TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY PIER FROM WHICH SERVICES TO MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND HONG KONG ISLAND WILL START IN SUMMER.

AFTER LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE, MR AKERS-JONES'S HOME, THE GROUP VISITED TAJ PO, WHERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, BRIEFED THEM, AND SHA TIN, WHERE A BRIEF ING FROM A LOOK-OUT POINT WAS GIVEN BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE.

THE MIT CLUB OF HONG KONG IS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. THE PRESIDENT IS MR BENJAMIN G. KWOK, WHO LED TODAY'S VISIT.