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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1981

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SHA TIN SLIP ROAD TO BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED

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THE KOWLOON OR WEST-BOUND SLIP ROAD OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE ROAD, NEAR LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN, WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM JULY 25 TO AUGUST 8 AND FROM SEPTEMBER 19 TO OCTOBER 3.

THE CLOSURES, EFFECTIVE ALL DAY DURING THE TWO PERIODS, FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE AT THE SHA TIN STATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY.

WILL

+DURING THE TWO CLOSURE PERIODS, A SAME SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD NEAR THE SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION WILL ALSO BE REDUCED FROM FOUR TRAFFIC LANES TO TWO BETWEEN 8 PM AND 6 AM EACH DAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

KOWLOON OR WEST-BOUND BUSES ON ROUTE NO. 70, 70A, 70M, 71, 72, 72A, 86, 87, 88, 88A, 88, 89 AND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS NO. 170 WILL BE DIVERTED VIA YUEN WO ROAD AND ON A YET UN-NAMED ROAD TO RE-JOIN TAI PO ROAD.

LEARNER DRIVERS BANNED FROM LOWER PAK TIN ESTATE

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LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING SECTIONS OF TWO STREETS IN LOWER PAK TIN ESTATE FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY, JULY 25.

THE SECTIONS ARE PAK WAN STREET, BETWEEN PAK TIN STREET AND WAI CHI STREET, AND WAI CHI STREET, BETWEEN PAK WAN STREET AND THE UNNAMED ROAD PERPENDICULAR TO WAI CHI STREET.

THE BAN IS AIMED AT ELIMINATING OBSTRUCTION ON THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE THE PAK TIN AMBULANCE STATION IN BLOCK 5 OF THE ESTATE.

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