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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1985

HE ADVISED MOTORISTS ENTERING THE TRIAL AREAS TO WATCH OUT FOR THE ROAD MARKINGS WHICH MIGHT NO LONGER BE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGN PLATES.

PRELIMINARY WORK TO REMOVE THE REDUNDANT SIGNS IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI AND CAUSEWAY BAY IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT AND WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

+THE TRIALS WILL BE MONITORED FOR THREE MONTHS. A REVIEW WILL THEN BE CONDUCTED, AND THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND OF THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WILL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE ON WHETHER TO EXTEND THE NEW SIGN PRACTICE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY,+ MR PANG SAID.

LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING TENDER APPROVED

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A LARGE BUILDING TENDER WORTH OVER $210 MILLION FOR FOUR MORE BLOCKS AT CHUK YUEN ESTATE TO HOUSE 15 000 PEOPLE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT.

+CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL SOON BEGIN ON THE FOUR 35-STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS UNDER THE FOURTH PHASE OF THE HOUSING PROJECT,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.

HE SAID THE NEWLY APPROVED TENDER WOULD COVER BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION AND CAISSON FOUNDATIONS FOR THESE FOUR BLOCKS.

+ON COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1987, THE MODERN BLOCKS WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 3 264 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR 15 000 PEOPLE.

+CHUK YUEN ESTATE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN FIVE PHASES, AND ON FULL COMPLETION WILL BECOME ONE OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LARGEST PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN KOWLOON.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST THREE BLOCKS WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND WERE NOW HOUSING 10 000 PEOPLE.

+FOUR OTHER BLOCKS, PROVIDING HOMES FOR ANOTHER 14 000 PEOPLE, ARE BEING BUILT UNDER THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASES.

+CHUK YUEN ESTATE WILL BE FULLY DEVELOPED BY 1988 INTO A SELF-CONTAINED ENTITY FOR ALTOGETHER 50 000 PEOPLE.+

THE TENDER FOR THE FOURTH PHASE WAS ACCEPTED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING COMMITTEE AT ITS LAST MEETING.

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