XN000022-1981-10-27 — Page 9

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1981

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FLYOVER PLANNED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLANS TO BUILD A FLYOVER ALONG LAU SIN STREET LINKING HING FAT STREET AND TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD.

BECAUSE OF INTENSIVE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND BRAEMAR HILL ROAD AREAS, HEAVY TRAFFIC WAS BEING GENERATED AT THE JUNCTIONS OF TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND KING'S ROAD AND CAUSEWAY ROAD AND HING FAT STREET, A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE PROPOSED FLYOVER WOULD PROVIDE A BYPASS FOR TRAFFIC HEADING FOR THESE AREAS AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ON KING'S ROAD. IN ADDITION, A FOOTBRIDGE WOULD BE BUILT ACROSS KING'S ROAD.

THE PROPOSED WORKS WILL INVOLVE ALTERATION TO THE ALIGNMENTS, LEVELS AND WIDTHS OF LAU SIN STREET AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH KING FAT STREET, ELECTRIC ROAD, NGAN MOK STREET, KING'S ROAD AND TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD.

A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE NOVEMBER 16 THIS YEAR AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE DECEMBER 16 THIS YEAR.

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LOK SIN TONG GROUP CALLS ON WELFARE DIRECTOR

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SIXTEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, LED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR KU SZE-CHUNG, PAID A COURTESY VISIT TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING,

DURING THE MEETING, MR KU TOLD MR ALLEYNE THAT THE SOCIETY HAD UNDERTAKEN TWO MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR - THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW $10-MILLION SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LOK SIN ROAD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME IN TAI PO WITH MORE THAN 240 PLACES.

THE $10-MILLION TAJ PO PROJECT, WHICH IS RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, IS DUE FOR COMPLETION NEXT SUMMER.

MR ALLEYNE SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO HEAR OF THE NEW PROJECTS. +1 HOPE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SOCIETY WILL DO SOME PROJECTS TOGETHER,+ HE SAID.

DURING THE MEETING, MR KU ALSO PRESENTED TWO CHEQUES TOTALLING $5 000 TO MR ALLEYNE AS THE SOCIETY'S DONATIONS TO THE TWO FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE POISON WELL TRAGEDY IN HO SHEUNG HEUNG ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY, MR LUI FOOK-HONG, ALSO PERSONALLY DONATED $250 EACH TO THE FAMILIES.

THE LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST VOLUNTARY WELFARE ORGANISATIONS IN THE TERRITORY WITH A HISTORY GOING BACK MORE THAN 100 YEARS.