XN000022-1981-04-23 — Page 5

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1981

GREEN BELT FOR BARREN BEACH IN CHEUNG CHAU

***

MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (THURSDAY) CARRIED OUT A JOINT EFFORT TO TURN THE BARREN TUNG WAN BEACH ON CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND INTO A GREEN BELT.

THEY PLANTED 50 TREES INCLUDING HIBISCUS TILIACEUS AND MACARANGA TAXARIUS ALONG THE BEACH OF TUNG WAN DURING THE TREE PLANTING DAY FOR THE ISLAND DISTRICT.

OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON, SAID THE MEANINGFUL EVENT WAS AIMED AT BEAUTIFYING THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING A BETTER REST AREA AND SHADE IN THE POPULAR SUMMER HOLIDAY RESORT.

MR WILSON SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PLANT 500 TREES OF VARIOUS SPECIES AT AMENITY PLOTS THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.

HE HOPED TODAY'S EXERCISE COULD AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED OF TAKING CARE OF TREES AND REFRAINING FROM VANDALISM,

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE TREE PLANTING EVENT WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF ISLANDS, MR M.J.T. ROWSE, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF ISLANDS, MR YUNG CHING-FONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR FUNG PAK-TAI AND HIS DEPUTY, FP HỌ YUN-LÀM.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON

**

WITH EFFECT FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY (APRIL 25), ALL VEHICLES OVER 2-1/2 TONS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING SHA TIN PASS ROAD FROM A POINT OF ABOUT 150 METRES NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD- JATS INCLINE- AND FEI NGO SHAN ROAD FROM A POINT OF ABOUT 800 METRES NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH OLD CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

ALSO STARTING FROM 10 AM ON THE SAME DAY, KWEI CHOW STREET BETWEEN TO KWA WAN ROAD AND MEI KING STREET IN KOWLOON WILL BE DESIGNATED AN URBAN CLEARWAY.

FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 29), THE EAST SIDE OF THE SECTION OF JUNCTION ROAD BETWEEN DUMBARTON ROAD AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD- AND THE SECTION OF NGA TSIN WAI ROAD BETWEEN GRAMPIAN ROAD AND FUK LO TSUEN ROAD WILL ALSO BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS.

WITHIN THESE CLEARWAYS, ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.

15