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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986

HE ADDED THAT THIS YEAR WOULD SEE THE START OF CONSTRUCTION WORK OF A TUNNEL LINKING JUNK BAY AND SAU MAU PING.

ON HOUSING MATTERS, MR MAX SAID THE FOURTH PHASE OF KWUN TONG (TSUI PING ROAD) ESTATE RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WOULD START SOON WHILE SITE FORMATION WORK WOULD COMMENCE ON THE LAM TIN SOUTH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND LAM TIN EXTENSION.

+KWUN TONG IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHEN MOST OF THE KOWLOON BAY PLAYGROUND IS COMPLETED THIS YEAR AND WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXTENSION PROJECT OF NGAU TAU KOK MARKET COMPLEX,+ HE SAID.

THIS YEAR WOULD ALSO SEE THE EXTENSION PROJECT OF UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL AND A DECISION WOULD BE MADE ON A REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE, MR MAK SAID.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TO 43 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND EMERGENCY RELIEF WORK IN THE DISTRICT DURING TODAY'S SPRING RECEPTION.

KCR STEPS UP SERVICE DURING TUNNEL WORK

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION WILL STEP UP THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK WHEN RECABLING WORK AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL TOLL PLAZA IS UNDERWAY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY HAS ALSO BEEN ADVISED OF THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES DURING THE WORK PERIOD LASTING 78 HOURS FROM 8 PM ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 24) TO 2 AM ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 28).

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE WORK, WHICH INVOLVES REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER, COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES SERVING THE TOLL PLAZA, IS REQUIRED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.

HE SAID THE ADDITIONAL TOLL BOOTHS ARE EXPECTED TO COME INTO OPERATION BY THE END OF MARCH, BRINGING THE NUMBER OF BOOTHS TO 12 WITH 13 LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND THEREBY EASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS.

DURING THE RECABLING WORK PERIOD, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO SHUT

AS A RESULT J DOWN THE COMPUTERS AND VACATE THE TOLL BOOTHS. TUNNEL TOLLS WILL HAVE TO BE COLLECTED BY STAFF TEMPORARILY LOCATED ON THE TRAFFIC ISLANDS ADJACENT TO THE BOOTHS.

/+THE DEPARTMENT