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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987

TWO REMAINING SITES ON WHICH A HOTEL AND A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR WHILE WORK ON PHASE ONE OF THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL START NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1990.

SIR DAVID WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI TRAFFIC STUDY FOR TRAFFIC AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS UP TO THE EARLY 1990'S.

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A SIX PER CENT ANNUAL GROWTH IN TRAFFIC IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WILL BE GENERATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE AND THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING SEGREGATED WALKWAY SYSTEMS, FLYOVERS AND VEHICULAR GRADE SEPARATION, WIDENING OF ROADS AND THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINAL, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD.

THE GOVERNOR THEN PROCEEDED TO THE JADE HAWKER BAZAAR AT KANSU STREET WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR {KOWLOON) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR TOMMY CHOY.

THE BAZAAR, OPERATING FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM DAILY, WAS IN 1982 TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 400 PITCHES FOR JADE HAWKERS TRADING ILLEGALLY IN CANTON ROAD.

ESTABLISHED ORIGINALLY

BAZAAR,

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT CONSTRUCTION OF A ROOF FOR THE COSTING ABOUT $5.1 MILLION, WOULD START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WOULD BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1989.

HE ALSO VISITED THE PITCHES FOR LETTER-WRITERS ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE BAZAAR AND CHATTED WITH SOME OF THE OPERATORS.

FROM THE BAZAAR, THE GOVERNOR WALKED ALONG SHANGHAI STREET ΤΟ SEE SOME TRADITIONAL SHOP'S SELLING JOSS-STICKS, COTTON QUILTS AND CHINESE WEDDING GOWNS.

OFFICE AND

SIR DAVID LATER ARRIVED AT THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT MET THE CHAIRMAN AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT'S NORTH AREA COMMITTEE. HE WAS BRIEFED ON SOME TOPICAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE AREA.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE WORK OF THE AREA COMMITTEE AND THE PRACTICAL SUGGEST LONS IT FUT FORWARD ON DEALING WITH LOCAL MATTERS.

THE GOVERNOR THEN PROCEEDED TO THE PUBLIC GARDEN WIECH IS A POPULAR LEISURE SPOT FOR THE DISTRICT.

SQUARE STREET REST ELDERLIES IN THE

BEFORE CONCLUDING THE VISIT, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO MEMBERS OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEES AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

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