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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1988

BANNING OF VEHICULAR TURNING MOVEMENTS

THE FOLLOWING VEHICULAR TURNING MOVEMENTS WILL BE BANNED:

* THE RIGHT TURN FROM HUNG TO ROAD

STREET SOUTHBOUND;

EASTBOUND ONTO TSUN YIP

THE LEFT TURN FROM WAI YIP STREET EASTBOUND ONTO HOI YUEN ROAD NORTHBOUND;

* THE LEFT TURN FROM HUNG TO ROAD EASTBOUND ONTO HOI YUEN ROAD

NORTHBOUND;

* THE RIGHT TURN FROM HING YIP STREET EASTBOUND ONTO KING YIP

STREET SOUTHBOUND;

* THE LEFT TURN FROM KING YIP STREET NORTHBOUND ONTO HUNG TO

ROAD WESTBOUND;

* THE RIGHT TURN FROM SHING YIP STREET WESTBOUND ONTO HOI YUEN

ROAD NORTHBOUND; AND

* THE RIGHT TURN FROM CHA KWO LING ROAD NORTHBOUND ONTO LEI

YUE MUN ROAD EASTBOUND.

ADDITIONAL ROAD LINK BETWEEN KING YIP STREET AND CHA KWO LING

ROAD

* DECKING OF PART OF THE NULLAH ADJACENT TO KING YIP STREET TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ROAD LINK BETWEEN SHING YIP STREET AND CHA KWO LING ROAD.

URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS

TIGHTER URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS AT CERTAIN ROADS INCLUDING HOI YUEN ROAD, SHING YIP STREET, KING

STREET, HUNG TO ROAD AND WAI YIP STREET.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN KWUN TONG AND PARTICULARLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING PROBLEM.

IN THE TOWN CENTRE THERE IS ALSO A NEED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES WITH THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING NEXT YEAR.

/A TRAFFIC