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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1989.

TI

A

"IT IS ALSO AN OFFENCE TO BE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE USING SUCH

MR CHEUNG FIRE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS LIT BY A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP, SAID.

INSIDE MONTHS'

A MAXIMUM FINE OF ILLEGAL LIGHTING OF FIRE IS PUNISHABLE BY $5,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT IF THE OFFENCE IS COMMITTED

OF $2,000 AND THREE A COUNTRY PARK, AND BY A MAXIMUM FINE IMPRISONMENT IF THE VIOLATION TAKES PLACE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.

OUT

DETAILED ON WHAT

MR CHEUNG SAID THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS BEFORE DECIDING COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE.

WOULD CARRY

HOWEVER,

HE REMINDED

THE

PUBLIC

OF

THE

IMPORTANCE

OF

CONSERVING THE TERRITORY'S WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT.

"WILD ANIMALS, TREES AND PLANTS ARE BEST APPRECIATED NATURAL HABITAT AND SHOULD NOT BE HUNT, TRAPPED OR CUT.

CAUSING

IN THEIR

HILL FIRE COULD RAVAGE

A RISK OF "THE SLIGHTEST HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF COUNTRYSIDE PLANTATION.

"IF PEOPLE ARE NOT CAREFUL WITH FIRE IN DAY MAY COME WHEN THEY ALL HAVE TO STAY HOME FOR CHEUNG ADDED.

THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE THEIR WEEKENDS, MR

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FINAL CONTRACT FOR KWUN TONG BYPASS SIGNED

THE

HIGHWAYS

DEPARTMENT TODAY

(TUESDAY)

AWARDED THE FINAL CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL PHASE OF KWUN TONG BYPASS.

THE DIRECTOR OF A FRENCH JOINT BACHY SOLETANCHE,

THE $280 MILLION CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN

OF REPRESENTATIVES HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, AND VENTURE COMPRISING DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS AND MR MICHEL BETANT AND MR PIERRE DESSAUZE.

BYPASS PHASE 3 PROJECT MAINLY OF ELEVATED DUAL INTERCHANGE WITH

MR BEATON SAID THE KWUN TONG INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY LINKING THE PRINCE EDWARD ROAD KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASE 2.

PLANNING, WOULD BE 27 MONTHS ΤΟ CAIRN TUNNEL

IT WAS THE CULMINATION OF A PERIOD OF VERY INTENSIVE CO-ORDINATION AND DESIGN BY HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT STAFF WHICH MATCHED BY A FASTPACED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME OF ABOUT ENSURE COMPLETION IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE TATE'S IN MID-1991, HE SAID.

CONSTRUCTION WORK WOULD START NEXT MONTH,

/ON THE