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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

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LIGHTING UP BOWEN ROAD

JOGGERS AND MORNING WALKERS WHO FREQUENT BOWEN ROAD WILL FIND THEIR ROUTE SAFER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS AT THE SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN STUBBS ROAD AND WAN CHAI GAP ROAD PROVIDING LIGHTS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROAD.

WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THIS WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME ΤΟ IMPROVE LOCAL FACILITIES FOR ROAD USERS AS BOWEN ROAD HAD BECOME A VERY POPULAR PLACE FOR JOGGING AND LEISURE WALKING.

STREET LIGHTS HAD EARLIER BEEN INSTALLED IN OTHER BOWEN ROAD, MR GARCIA NOTED, AND THERE WERE INCREASING RESIDENTS FOR MORE LIGHTS ALONG THE WHOLE ROAD,

SECTIONS OF DEMANDS FROM

THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE LIGHTING DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY.

MR GARCIA ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD HAD PROVIDED A NUMBER OF FACILITIES ALONG BOWEN ROAD FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS OVER THE YEARS.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $14,000 FOR THE PROVISION OF SIX CONCRETE MILESTONES AT EVERY HALF KILOMETRE ALONG THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT SECTION OF BOWEN ROAD FOR THE BENEFIT OF JOGGERS.

THE

IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE HAD SPENT $68,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 11 RAIN SHELTERS WITH BENCHES AT VARIOUS PLACES ALONG THE ROAD, MR GARCIA SAID.

ALL THESE, TOGETHER WITH THE

INSTALLED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL

AT

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ALREADY VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE ROAD, WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE IT MORE PLEASANT FOR JOGGERS AND LEISURE WALKERS, MR GARCIA SAID.

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