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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1987

SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST TO BE WIDENED

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AND THE FLOODING

ALONG SHAU KRI WAN MAIN PROBLEM IN THE AREA SOLVED UPON PROGRAMME WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY

VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE IMPROVED

EAST STREET COMPLETION OF A (WEDNESDAY).

ROAD IMPROVEMENT

UNDER THE $2.5 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH WAS DESIGNED AND WILL BR SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, A SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN STREET EAST BETWEEN THE JUNCTIONS OF KAM WA AND MIU TUNG STREETS BE WIDENED TO 7.3 METRES.

MAIN WILL

THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE EXISTING ROAD AND LAYING NEW STORMWATER DRAINS AND A SEWERAGE SYSTEM TO REMOVE

PROJECT THE PROBLEM OF PERSISTENT FLOODING,

ENGINEER, MR K.C. CHAN

SAID.

MR CHAN SAID THE 250-METRE SECTION OF THE ROAD, NOW COVERED WITH BITUMINOUS MATERIAL, WOULD BE PAVED OVER WITH CONCRETE.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT

HAS BEEN AWARDED ΤΟ WING MOU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED. IT WILL TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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