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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1986

THE GROUP NOTED THAT AMONG ALL THE PRIVATE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT, ABOUT 200 REQUIRED ATTENTION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PHOTOGRAPH OF A VISIT TO A REAR LANE IN THE DISTRICT BY TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK LATER.

ROADWORKS PLANNED AT TIN SHUI WAI *****

MOST OF THE ROADS, TRACKS, FOOTPATHS AND BRIDGES IN TIN SHUI WAI, WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION NEW TOWN IS BEING BUILT, ARE TO BE CLOSED AND DEMOLISHED.

THE AFFECTED ACCESSES ARE WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY MONG TSENG TSUEN AND KIU TAU WAI TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND HA MEI SUN TSUEN AND SHA KONG WAI TO THE EAST AND WEST.

THEIR DEMOLITION WILL ENABLE THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT LAND FORMATION AND DRAINAGE WORKS.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID DEEP BAY ROAD, PING HA ROAD, AN ACCESS ROAD FROM PING HA ROAD TO SHEUNG CHEUNG WAI, AND CERTAIN ROADS ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE WORKS AREA WILL NOT BE CLOSED.

NEW ROADS AND FOOTPATHS WILL BE BUILT TO REPLACE THE ACCESSES TO AREAS AFFECTED BY THE CLOSURE. THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD WORKS

INCLUDE BUILDING OF:

A SIX-METRE-WIDE, TWO-LANE SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY WITH A SECTION OF 1.6-METRE-WIDE FOOTPATH WEST OF NG UK TSUENI

* TWO SECTIONS OF TRACKS, OPEN TO VEHICLES, NORTHEAST OF

SHA KONG WAI; AND

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A 1.5-METRE-WIDE FOOTPATH AND THREE-METRE-WIDE TRACK WEST OF MONG TSENG TSUEN NEAR DEEP BAY ROAD.

OTHER WORKS INVOLVE THE TEMPORARY DIVERSION OF DEEP DAY ROAD WEST OF MONG TSENG TSUEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BOX CULVERT, AND TEMPORARY DIVERSION OF A SECTION OF AN ACCESS TRACK SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE FOR BUILDING OF AN UNDERGROUND PIPELINE.

ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE WORKS SHOULD WRITE TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT BY SEPTEMBER 23.

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