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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1982

NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NTSD APPOINTED

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FORMER PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, MR DAVID DOWDING, TODAY (THURSDAY) SUCCEEDED MR JAMES WILSON AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES.

MR DOWDING JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1972 AND HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK OF THE SOUTH REGION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT INCLUDING KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS,

MR WILSON IS NOW ON LEAVE.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD

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THE CARRIAGEWAYS OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD OUTSIDE KAI TAK AIRPORT WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN TURNS TO ALL TRAFFIC EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM 1 AM ON SATURDAY (APRIL 10) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBRIDGE.

ROAD CLOSURES

* BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON APRIL 10, 11 AND 12 - THE CENTRAL WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY LEADING TO KOWLOON CITY AND MONG KOK AND THE CENTRAL EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY LEADING TO KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN.

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BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON APRIL 13, 14 AND 15 - THE SOUTHERN- MOST WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY LEADING TO TO KWA WAN.

* BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 THE NORTHERN-

MOST EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY LEADING TO WONG TAI SIN AND KWUN TONG.

FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE SOUTHERN-MOST WESTBOUND CARRIAGE- WAY AND THE NORTHERN-MOST EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS SERVICE ROUTE NO. 121 (ALL NIGHT SERVICE) WILL ALSO BE DIVERTED AS FOLLOWS

* BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON APRIL 13, 14 AND 15

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BUSES WILL

BE DIVERTED AT CHOI HUNG TERMINUS VIA HAMMER HILL ROAD, LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, FUNG MO STREET, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, JUNCTION ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, KOWLOON CITY INTERCHANGE AND MA TAU CHÚNG ROAD ON HONG KONG-BOUND JOURNEYS.

BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM ON APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 - BUSES WILL BE DIVERTED AT MA TAU CHUNG ROAD VIA KOWLOON CITY INTERCHANGE, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, JUNCTION ROAD, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, SHATIN PASS ROAD AND CHOI HUNG ROAD ON CHOI HUNG-BOUND JOURNEYS.