NOTE TO EDITORS:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1983
COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB'S ANNUAL PARADE
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE ANNUAL PARADE OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI, ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 30) AT 2.30 PM.
MORE THAN 3 700 CYC MEMBERS WILL ATTEND THE PARADE WHICH WILL FEATURE BAND PERFORMANCES, DANCES AND TELEMATCHES.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ANNUAL PARADE.
NEW FOOTBRIDGE TO BE BUILT AT QUARRY BAY
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CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR ON A FOOTBRIDGE OVER SHAU KEI WAN ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH TAI KOO SHING ROAD AND KING'S ROAD IN QUARRY BAY.
THE $1.5-MILLION PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A STAIRCASE GIVING ACCESS TO THE TRAM STOP NEAR THE SITE OF THE FOOTBRIDGE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FOOTBRIDGE WOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED INTERIM TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OPENING OF THE SECTION OF ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR FROM VICTORIA PARK TO TAI KOO SHING IN MID-1984.
HE SAID THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC EXPECTED WHEN THIS SECTION OF ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR OPENS WOULD WORSEN EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA UNLESS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WAS PROVIDED BY ABOLISHING THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT STREET LEVEL.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOOTBRIDGE, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THE OPENING OF PART OF ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, WILL START AT THE END OF JANUARY,
IT WILL BE BUILT BY FRANKI CONTRACTORS LTD. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.
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