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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1982
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS LOOK INTO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
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THE WESTERN RECLAMATION, DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN 1984, WILL PROBABLY BE USED FOR RESOLVING THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
A GROUP OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO TOURED SAI YING PUN AND KENNEDY TOWN THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING EYED THIS PIECE OF LAND AS THEIR ONLY POSSIBLE HOPE OF AMELIORATING THE CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE AREA CAUSED BY THE ON-STREET LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VEGETABLES, POULTRY, PIGS CATTLE AND GENERAL CARGOES AROUND CADOGAN STREET, DAVIS STREET AND THE KENNEDY TOWN PRAYA.
TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION THERE ARE ALSO A VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET, POULTRY STALLS, AN ABATTOIR AND A PUBLIC LOADING PIER IN THE AREA.
THE GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR TONY CLARK, AND OFFICERS OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AFTER OBTAINING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE PIECE OF LAND FROM THE ROOF-TOP OF A MULTI-STOREY BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST.
THE PARTY ALSO EXPERIENCED FOR THEMSELVES SOMETHING OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE AREA WHEN THEIR COACH WAS CAUGHT IN A TRAFFIC JAM DURING THEIR TOUR TO THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE DISTRICT. THE TRAFFIC JAM WAS CAUSED BY LINES OF PARKED LORRIES AND HANDCARTS TAKING ON CARGOES FROM ANCHORED BARGES ALONG THE KENNEDY TOWN PRAYA.
ON THEIR RETURN JOURNEY THE PARTY WERE BRIEFED BY CITY DISTRICT OFFICERS ON PLANS TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING ELECTRICITY AND FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO VILLAGERS OF HOJ PONG VILLAGE, A SQUATTER AREA AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT DAVIS.
PLB CLEARWAY IN WAN CHAI
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THE SECTION OF THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN 163C AND 185 HENNESSY ROAD WILL BE DESIGNATED A PLB CLEARWAY FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 30).
THIS MEANS THAT PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP ALONG THIS SECTION BETWEEN 7 AM AND 12 MIDNIGHT TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS.
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