XN000022-1986-07-02 — Page 35

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1986

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THE WORK ALSO INVOLVES CUTTING BACK THE SLOPE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE WATERLOO ROAD-ARGYLE STREET JUNCTION, IMPROVEMENT TO EXISTING GROUND LEVEL ROADS IN WATERLOO ROAD AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE IR JUNCTION WITH ARGYLE STREET, TOGETHER WITH THE DIVERSION OF UTILITY SERVICES.

WHEN COMPLETED, THE NEW FLYOVER WILL BE ABOUT 440 METRES LONG WITH A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 15.83 METRES WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PROVISION OF DUAL, TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS SEPARATED BY A CONCRETE CENTRAL BARRIER.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EFFECTS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ON ROAD USERS, RESIDENTS OF NEARBY BUILDINGS AND CHILDREN ATTENDING NEARBY SCHOOLS HAD BEEN RECOGNISED WHEN PLANNING THE PROJECT.

+NOISE WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM DURING DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING FLYOVER AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PILES NEEDED FOR THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW ONE, HE SAID.

REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER KOWLOON, MR K.C. YEUNG, HAD WRITTEN TO OWNERS AND USERS OF PROPERTIES NEAR THE FLYOVER APPEALING FOR THE IR +TOLERANCE AND CO-OPERATION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

IN HIS LETTER, MR YEUNG SAID: +1 WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ON YOUR PROPERTY, BUT I MUST ADVISE YOU THAT SOME TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND DISTURBANCE FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL BE INEVITABLE, GIVEN THE SCOPE AND INTRICACIES OF THE PROJECT.

+ IN CONNECTION WITH THIS I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THE BUILDER TO USE MODERN AND SILENT TYPES OF MACHINERY AND METHODS, WHICH SHOULD REDUCE NOISE TO A MINIMUM. +

TO MINIMISE TRAFFIC DELAYS CAUSED BY THE PROJECT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED DIVERSIONS FOR VEHICLES HEAD ING NORTH FROM THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL TO WEST KOWLOON.

RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS FOR APRIL OUT * * * * *

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN APRIL 1986, ESTIMATED AT $5 575 MILLION, WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN APRIL 1985, WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 1 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 4 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME RESPECTIVELY.

/JONSUMER