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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1989

THE CASE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY

INVESTIGATION.

REFERRED ΤΟ THE POLICE FOR

COMMENTING ON THE INCIDENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SORT OF FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.

"IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF A CALLER WHO APPROACHES THEM FOR DONATIONS, THEY SHOULD CHECK WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OR REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION, HE SAID.

KWUN TONG GEARS UP FOR FUTURE TRANSPORT NEEDS

KWUN TONG WAS UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES IN ITS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO GEAR UP FOR THE ANTICIPATED OPENING OF THE THREE MAJOR TUNNELS IN EAST KOWLOON WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRIS WAN, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

"THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, WORK FOR WHICH COMMENCED IN 1986, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED THIS SUMMER. THE ROAD NETWORK OF THIS NEW CROSSING WILL BE LINKED WITH THOSE OF THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL ΤΟ BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR AND THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL SCHEDULED FOR OPENING IN 1991, HE ADDED.

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND, MR WAN POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE EAST KOWLOON JOINT TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH ASSESSED THE LONG-TERM TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS IN EAST KOWLOON UP ΤΟ 1996, THERE WOULD BE DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN EAST KOWLOON FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE THREE TUNNELS.

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TO COPE WITH THE FORECASTED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME IN REGION, MR WAN SAID VARIOUS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PROJECTS WERE NOW BEING CARRIED OUT IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT AT A TOTAL COST OF SOME $1.8 BILLION, WITH THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE OVERALL TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE TERRITORY.

THE PROJECTS INCLUDED KWUN TONG BY-PASS PHASE I (9498 MILLION), PHASE II ($989 MILLION), PHASE III ($326 MILLION), RECONSTRUCTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD ($35 MILLION) AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE AND INDUSTRIAL AREA ($40 MILLION).

MR WAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT MANY OF THE ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS AND DIVERSIONS HAD TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.

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