MONDAY, JULY 21, 1986
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COSTING $61.5 MILLION, THE FLYOVER WILL BE A DUAL, TWO-LANE ELEVATED STRUCTURE TO BRIDGE THE TRUNK ROAD OVER ROUNDABOUTS AT ITS JUNCTIONS WITH LAM KAM ROAD AND HONG LOK YUEN ACCESS ROAD.
THE FLYOVER WILL HAVE SMOOTH, ROUND PARAPET BEAMS TO MINIMISE OBTRUSIVE VISUAL EFFECTS THROWN BY THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE ONTO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
CONCRETE SUPPORTS FOR THE FLYOVER WILL ALSO BE CAREFULLY SHAPED TO BLEND WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CARRIAGEWAY AND THE CENTRAL BARRIER DIVIDING TRAFFIC FLOWING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, AN EXTRA ONE-METRE-WIDE HARD SHOULDER WILL BE PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD SO THAT BROKEN-DOWN VEHICLES WILL NOT BLOCK A WHOLE LANE.
SODIUM STREET LIGHTS, ANTI-SKID FRICTION COURSE, REFLECTIVE ROAD STUDS AND THERMOPLASTIC ROAD MARKINGS WILL BE FURNISHED. EMERGENCY TELEPHONES CONNECTED TO POLICE CONTROL ROOMS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED.
WORK ON THE FLYOVER WILL START SOON AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1988 DURING WHICH THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER LINK A DUAL, TWO-LANE VEHICULAR ROAD -- WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED.
COMPLETION OF THESE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS IS EXPECTED TO EASE TRAFFIC ON THE TRUNK ROAD WHICH IS CURRENTLY ATTRACTING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF VEHICLES.
THE SHA TIN TO FANLING SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, IN SEPTEMBER 1985.
EASTERN FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN TO FOCUS ON YOUTH
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THE OBJECTIVE OF STOPPING CRIME CAN BE BETTER ACHIEVED BY ORGAINSING MORE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES TO DIVERT YOUNG PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS AND BY IMPOSING HEAVIER PUNISHMENT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR LEUNG SAU-CHI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE 1986-87 EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, MR LEUNG SAID THIS. TWO-PRONGED ATTACK WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN A SOCIETY LIKE HONG KONG'S WHERE SOCIAL VALUES AND NORMS WERE CHANGING RAPIDLY.
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