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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1983
$7-M PROJECT TO HELP EASE TRAFFIC
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A SECTION OF TAI HANG ROAD BETWEEN KA NING PATH AND LAI TAK TSUEN ROAD WILL SOON BE WIDENED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL UPHILL LANE,
THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $7-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK TO SHUN SHING CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD.
TANG
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR K.K. GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER (WORKS), AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
MR TANG SAID THAT INTENSIVE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS SERVED BY TAI HANG ROAD HAD GENERATED HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFF IC ON THIS ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH LAI TAK TSUEN ROAD, RESULTING IN HEAVY CONGESTION DURING PEAK HOURS.
→THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER, WHICH WILL PROVIDE DIRECT TWO-WAY TRAFFIC BETWEEN TAI HANG ROAD AND ALOUCESTER ROAD, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH, MR TANG SAID.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE PRESENT CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD WILL THEN BE ALLEVIATED,+ HE ADDED.
WORK ON THE PRESENT CONTRACT, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE PLAN TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT ARRIVES
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH, LT. GEN. H.M. ERSHAD, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT.
GENERAL ERSHAD WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR'S AIDE-DE-CAMP, MR PAUL CROFT, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR BANGLADESH, MR SHARIFUL HAQ.
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