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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1985
+UNFORTUNATELY, AS A RESULT OF THE DENSELY BUILT-UP NATURE OF THE DISTRICT, THE PROVISION OF MORE RECREATIONAL AND ACTIVE SPORTS FACILITIES IS SOMETIMES SEEN AS A FORM OF LUXURY, OR THAT SITES ARE SIMPLY NOT AVAILABLE.+
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TAKEN NOTE OF THE PROBLEM AND UTILISED ITS OWN RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SOME SMALLER SCALE FACILITIES.
+OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT, WITH THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AS A DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLE, HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ORGANISATION AND PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.
TSUEN WAN NULLAH CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A #91.5 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE VITAL ACCESS BETWEEN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AND THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS.
THE CONTRACT, FOR THE DECKING OF THE CHUNG HANG NULLAH, WAS SIGNED BY THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR TSUEN WAN, MR BOSCO KEOWN, AND MR GEORGE C. TSO, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRACTORS, PAUL Y. CONTRUCTION COMPANY,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID WORK ON DECKING THE 500-METRE-LONG, 30-METRE-WIDE NULLAH WOULD START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
ONCE THE DECKING WAS IN PLACE, A ROAD WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED OVER THE NULLAH. THE SPOKESMAN SAID: THE ROAD WILL LINK UP WITH STAGE TWO OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS FROM TEXACO ROAD TO TUEN MUN ROAD.
+IT WILL ENABLE TRAFFIC USING THE BYPASS TO ENTER TSUEN WAN CENTRAL THROUGH A CONNECTION AT SHA TSUI ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT HAD A NUMBER OF BUILT-IN DIFFICULTIES, ONE OF THESE WOULD BE THE DISMANTLING OF THE BRIDGE CARRYING THE SHA TSUI ROAD ACROSS THE NULLAH AND BUILDING ANOTHER BRIDGE ON THE SAME SITE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING TRAFFIC FLOWING ACROSS THE NULLAH.
THIS WILL BE DONE BY BUILDING ONE DECK OF THE NEW BRIDGE FIRST, OPENING IT TO TRAFFIC AND THEN DISMANTLING THE OLD BRIDGE,
THE CONTRACT IS THE LATEST IN THE $800 MILLION TSUEN WAN BYPASS PROJECT.
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