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SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1986

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+IN THE PAST, APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS WERE INVITED ONLY TWICE A YEAR -

TWICE A YEAR - IN MARCH AND AUGUST.

+HOWEVER, THIS HAD PROVED IMPRACTICAL AS SOME WORTHWHILE PROJECTS COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE APPLICANTS WERE UNABLE TO MEET THE DEADLINES, HE ADDED.

TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS, ADVANCE NOTICE OF AT LEAST TWO MONTHS SHOULD BE GIVEN BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, HE SAID.

EACH APPLICATION WOULD BE SCREENED BY A VETTING COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AT 880-886 KING'S ROAD, THE CAUSEWAY BAY SUB-OFFICE AT 9-11 WING HING STREET, THE SHAU KEI WAN SUB-OFFICE AT 243 SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, AND THE CHAI WAN SUB-OFFICE AT BLOCK 2, HING WAH ESTATE.

FLYOVER PROJECT AT AIRPORT

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THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A 5.5-METRE WIDE FLYOVER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S NEW PASSENGER DEPARTURE PODIUM FROM PRINCE EDWARD ROAD NORTHBOUND.

WORK ON THE SINGLE-LANE FLYOVER WILL START IN DECEMBER AND IS DUE FOR COMPLETION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DEPARTURE PODIUM IS READY IN FEBRUARY 1988.

THERE ARE ALSO PLANS FOR ANOTHER SINGLE-LANE FLYOVER TO PROVIDE AN EXIT FROM THE EXISTING CAR PARK ON TO PRINCE EDWARD ROAD NORTHBOUND, BUT NO STARTING DATE FOR THIS FLYOVER HAS BEEN FIXED.

BESIDES PROVIDING BETTER ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT THE TWO FLYOVERS WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AT THE JUNCTION OF SUNG WONG TO ROAD, MA TAU CHUNG ROAD AND THE KOWLOON CITY ROUNDABOUT.

BOTH THE KOWLOON CITY AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE ENDORSED THE PROJECT.

A PLAN OF THE PROJECT CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY, HONG KONG; AT THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, KOWLOON WEST, YAU MA TEI CARPARK BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON AND AT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, 141-143 KAU PUT LUNG ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, KOWLOON.

OBJECTIONS TO THE SCHEME SHOULD BE SENT IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY MAY 20.

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