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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1986

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CHARITY WALK CHEQUE PRESENTATION

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HELPING HAND A LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WHICH RUNS NINE HOMES FOR THE AGED, TODAY (FRIDAY) RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR $32 000 AS DONATION RAISED DURING A RECENT ARMY CHARITY WALK.

CALLED +EXERCISE TRAILWALKER+, THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE QUEEN'S GURKHA SIGNALS AND WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER ALONG THE RUGGED 100-KILOMETRE MACLEHOSE TRAIL.

A TOTAL OF $98 121.50 WAS RAISED IN THE SPONSORED WALK BY 53 TEAMS FROM VARIOUS SERVICE UNITS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

OF THE TOTAL, MORE THAN $40 000 WAS COLLECTED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) WHICH WAS THE MOST SPONSORED TEAM.

YUEN LONG, SHEUNG SHUI TRAFFIC CHANGES

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A MINI-ROUNDABOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN YUEN LONG WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 11 AM ON MONDAY (MARCH 10) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.

WITH EFFECT FROM 10 AM ON THE SAME DAY, THE SPEED LIMIT OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD, FROM A POINT ABOUT 200 METRES SOUTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD TO A POINT ABOUT 680 METRES NORTH OF THE SAME JUNCTION, WILL BE REDUCED FROM THE EXISTING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TO 50 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

MEANWHILE, BETWEEN 12.30 AM AND 4 AM ON MONDAY, CASTLE PEAK ROAD WEST OF LOK MA CHAU ROAD IN YUEN LONG WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD PROJECT.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE FAN KAM ROAD AND KAM TIN ROAD FOR JOURNEYS BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND YUEN LONG.

TO FACILITATE ROAD WORKS IN JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, SHEUNG SHUI, A SECTION OF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD BETWEEN SAN FUNG AVENUE AND FUNG KAI SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON MARCH 10 FOR FOUR MONTHS.

DURING THE CLOSURE TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED TO A NEW ROAD PARALLEL TO THE CLOSED SECTION OF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD.

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