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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1981

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FIRST STAGE OF TSUEN WAN BY-PASS OPENS WEDNESDAY

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THE KOWLOON-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE NEW TSUEN WAN BY-PASS ROAD LINKING TEXACO ROAD WITH KWAI CHUNG WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 11 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 17).

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE OPENING WOULD MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS ROAD, THE NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF WHICH WAS OPENED LAST APRIL.

A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO COINCIDE WITH FULL OPENING OF THE BY-PASS.

THE ENTIRE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEW ROAD WILL BE A 24-HOUR CLEARWAY, THUS PROHIBITING ALL VEHICLES FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS AND LOADING AND UNLOADING GOODS.

KOWLOON-BOUND VEHICLES ON TEXACO ROAD MAY GAIN ACCESS TO THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY TO TRAVEL TO KWAI CHUNG, TSING YI OR KOWLOON VIA THE NEW ROUNDABOUT TO THE WEST OF KWAI FUK ROAD. VEHICLES GOING TO KOWLOON MAY CONTINUE ALONG THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY TO JOIN KWAI CHUNG ROAD.

SOUTH-BOUND VEHICLES ON HING FONG ROAD AND NORTH-BOUND VEHICLES ON KWAI TSING ROAD MAY USE THE ROUNDABOUT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE NEW KOWLOON-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY AND THE SOUTH-BOUND KWAI CHUNG

CARRIAGEWAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR FRANCIS TIEN WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF STAGE ONE OF TSUEN WAN BY-PASS AT 3 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT.

TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO USE THE TRANPSORT ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE OPEN CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S RECEPTION OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, NOT LATER THAN 1.45 PM.

OFFICERS FROM PWD'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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