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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006

24-CLASSROOM SCHOOL FOR CHEUNG CHAU

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WORK WILL START WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON BUILDING A 24-CLASSROOM SECONDARY SCHOOL ON CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND.

DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, THE $11.6 MILLION SCHOOL WILL INCLUDE AN ASSEMBLY HALL, WOODWORK AND METALWORK ROOM, ART AND DESIGN STUDIOS, FOUR LABORATORIES, LIBRARY AND HOME MANAGEMENT AND GEOGRAPHY ROOMS.

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BECAUSE OF HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON BUILDINGS ON CHEUNG CHAU, THE SCHOOL WILL DIFFER FROM THE STANDARD GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AND WILL BE ONLY TWO-AND-A-HALF STOREYS HIGH.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE USUALLY BUILT TO FIVE OR SIX STOREYS.

TRAFFIC CHANGE FOR SLOPE WORK *****

TAI WO HAU ROAD IN TSUEN WAN, NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH SHEK TAU STREET WILL BE CONVERTED TO ONE-LANE, TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FROM 9 AM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THIS WILL LAST FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, TO FACILITATE SLOPE REPAIR WORK.

MOTORISTS TRAVELLING TO TSUEN WAN ARE ADVISED TO USE TSUEN WAN ROAD OR KWAI CHUNG ROAD AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION MAY OCCUR ON TAI WO HAU ROAD.

THE BUS STOPS AT THIS SECTION OF TAI WO HAU ROAD FOR KMB ROUTES NO. 30, 33, 33A, 34, 34A, 43 AND 46A WILL BE SUSPENDED DURING THIS PERIOD.

ONE-HOUR TUNNEL CLOSURE

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TO FACILITATE EQUIPMENT TESTING, THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 20).

DURING THE CLOSURE, VEHICLES TRAVELLING BETWEEN WAN CHAI AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT MAY USE STUBBS ROAD, WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD AND NAM FUNG ROAD OR REPULSE BAY ROAD.

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