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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989

QUALITY OF LIFE IN WAN CHAI BEING IMPROVED: GOVERNOR

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IN

THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE

NEW CHARACTER, WAN CHAI AS THE DISTRICT IS MODERNISED AND ACQUIRES A THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID: "WE ARE CONGESTION AND

SPEAKING AFTER HIS VISIT TO WAN CHAI, TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, EASE TRAFFIC CREATE STRONGER COMMUNITY TIES.

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ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND

AND DISTRICT MR DAVID LAN; WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN; BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SIR DAVID STARTED HIS TOUR BY TAKING WALK ALONG KING STREET. WARREN STREET AND SCHOOL STREET TO SEE THE CONDITION OF CAR REPAIR WORKSHOPS THERE,

THE

OF PROLIFERATION

CAR

REPAIRING SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT

PROBLEMS SUCH ACTIVITIES IN WAN CHAI HAD BROUGHT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL

AND AS THE DISCHARGE OF OILY WASTE ONTO ROADS, OBSTRUCTION TO TRAFFIC EXCESSIVE NOISE.

BY

IMPROVED BEEN

AS A RESULT OF LEASE THE SITUATION HAS NOW ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SELF-REGULATION EXERCISED THE WORKSHOP OPERATORS.

SIR DAVID THEN PROCEEDED TO THE TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER AT THE WAY IN WHICH USE IS BEING MADE OF SPACE UNDER FLYOVERS.

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THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR

VETERAN'S

ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE.

AND THE GOVERNOR THEN ARRIVED AT THE JUNCTION OF JOHNSTON ROAD

HAWKERS ALONG WAN CHAI ROAD WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON A PLAN TO RESITE

MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR WAN CHAI ROAD SO AS TO RESTORE THE ROAD AS A TRAFFIC BETWEEN JOHNSTON ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.

THE

PROJECT,

MID-1990,

WILL

IN COMPLETION FOR SCHEDULED IMPROVE TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE HEART OF WAN CHAI.

ROAD

AFTER A BRIEF STOP AT THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE IN QUEEN'S

AND WILL BE OFFICE IN HONG KONG POST EAST, WHICH IS THE OLDEST

SIR DAVID VISITED THE

KU NEW PRESERVED AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING, CHUNG HOUSE DEVELOPMENT,

THE GOVERNMENT AND HOPEWELL A 36-STOREY

IN A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN HOLDINGS LIMITED, THIS SITE IS BEING DEVELOPED TO CREATE OFFICE BUILDING AND A PUBLIC PARK.

OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AN ELEVATED WALKWAY THE NEW OFFICE

THE PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES THE WIDENING AND SPRING GARDEN LANE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF

GARDEN

ΤΟ LANE AND LINKING YEN WAH STEPS

SPRING

BUILDING.

/SIR DAVID