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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1983

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EASTERN DB PRAISED FOR WORK ****

THE RAMIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT WILL REPRESENT A CHALLENGE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, WHICH HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADVISING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE ANSWERING THE DEMANDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, WHEN EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MET TODAY.

+THERE HAVE BEEN LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS IN ITS TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AS IS MANIFESTED IN THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE, AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN CHAI WAN, HE SAID.

MR WIGGHAM SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME WAS TO MEET THE CHANGING NEED OF THE SOCIETY AND, IN RECENT YEARS, THE EASTERN DISTRICT HAD EXPERIENCED RAPID CHANGES.

HE SAID FROM THE BOARD'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS REPUTATION AND GIVE THE GOVERNMENT ITS CONTINUED WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.

STREET ALTERATIONS FOR MTR ISLAND LINE

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A NUMBER OF STREET ALTERATIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN QUARRY BAY TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN M.T.R. ENTRANCE AND A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS KING'S ROAD FOR THE QUARRY BAY STATION.

THE ENTRANCE AND FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE BUILT TO CONNECT THE SITE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY NOS. 959-961 KING'S ROAD WITH THE STATION'S EAST CONCOURSE.

THE DATE FOR THE STREET ALTERATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

IN EACH CASE, ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AND TRAFFIC SIGNS ERECTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS. SUITABLE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE, THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAYS OF THE SECTION OF KING'S ROAD INVOLVED PLUS THEIR ADJACENT FOOTPATHS WILL BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED IN WIDTH.

ON THE SECTION OF FINNIE STREET BETWEEN HOI HONG STREET AND KING'S ROAD, THE NORTHERN FOOTPATH AND THE WESTERN FOOTPATH SOUTH OF NO. 5 FINNIE STREET WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED.

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