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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1905

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NEW ROAD PLANNED FOR SHA TIN

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TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN PARTIALLY BUILT IN AN AREA TO THE EAST OF SIU LEK YUEN NULLAH IN SHA TIN, IS TO BE EXTENDED FOR ABOUT A KILOMETRE FROM NEAR SHA TIN CITY ONE TO AN KUNG KOK.

THE NEW ROAD WILL BE PARTLY DUAL TWO-LANE AND PARTLY DUAL SINGLE LANE.

IT IS PART OF ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE COMPLETION OF DRAINAGE AND LOCAL ROADS FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.

THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDER. FOR WORK ON THE PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL TPIC YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

KWAI CHUNG LUNAR FAIR SITES LEASED

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ONE-HUNDRED-AND-TWO OUT OF 112 STALL SITES FOR THE KWAI CHUNG LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WERE LEASED AT A PUBLIC AUCTION YESTERDAY (MONDAY).

THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR ONE OF THE 84 WET GOODS STALL SITES WAS $1 550, AND THE LOWEST WAS $250, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

EIGHTEEN OUT OF 28 DRY GOODS STALL SITES WERE LEASED AT PRICES RANGING FROM $100 TO $450.

THE UPSET PRICE FOR EACH STALL WAS $100.

ALL THE STALL SITES WILL BE SET UP AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND BETWEEN FEBRUARY 13 AND 20.

TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) 148 STALLS FOR THE SHA TIN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE AUCTIONED AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL AT LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN.

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