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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1987

SIR DAVID SAID THE BRIDGE WAS NOT ONLY THE NEWEST BRIDGE IN

THE HONG KONG AND WAS ALSO

LONGEST, WHICH WOULD

A PROVIDE

VITAL SECOND ROAD LINK BETWEEN TSING YI AND THE REST OF the TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG NEW TOWN, AND BEYOND THAT TO THE REST OF THE TERRITORY.

HE ALSO SAID THAT THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE OWED

ENGINEERS MUCH TO THE SKILL AND HARD WORK OF THE

CONCEIVED WHO

AND PAID TRIBUTE TO DESIGNED IT, AND OF THE CONTRACTOR WHO BUILT IT AND ALL THOSE CONCERNED ON THE JOB.

SIR DAVID SAID: "A BRIDGE IS THERE TO BE USED, THIS ONE WILL SURELY BE WELL USED.

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'A GOOD BRIDGE IS ALSO AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY, THIS ONE WILL SURELY BE ADMIRED.

WELCOMING THE GOVERNOR TO THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR KENNETH KWOK, SAID A

FOR TSING OF THE OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CARRIED OUT BY THE TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW YI WAS CURRENTLY BEING

THE EXISTING

AND BUFFERS WELL AS BY AT THE SAME WESTERN

HE SAID THE REVIEW WAS TO RECTIFY AND REGULARISE

USE BY AND FUTURE LAND

FORMING ADEQUATE SEPARATIONS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS A9 RELOCATING SOME MAJOR

INSTALLATIONS WHILE

DEEP-SEA FRONTAGE AT TIME UTILISING TO THE FULL THE UNIQUE TSING YI FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.

INDUSTRIAL

WILL

"THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE

GIVE ADDED THIS PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT TO BE REALISED, HE ADDED.

OPPORTUNITY

FOR

MR KWOK SAID DEVELOPMENT AT NORTHEAST TSING YI WAS PROGRES9ING RAPIDLY WITH THE PROVISION OF MORE AMENITIES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO SERVE THE INCREASING POPULATION IN BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING.

HAVING A CLEAR SPAN OF 160 METRES OVER THE BUSY RAMBLER CHANNEL, THE TSING TSUEN BRIDGE CARRIES A TWO-LANE DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY

FOOTWAYS AND HIGHWAY TOGETHER WITH

SERVICE DUCTS. IT'S CIVIL AND COMPLETE, COST A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WORKS, TAKEN THREE YEARS TO TOTAL OF $200 MILLION.

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