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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1989

ROAD LINK TODAY "THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING

STAGE

NEXT III ISLAND

CORRIDOR EASTERN AND THE COMPLETION OF THE

OF EASTERN DISTRICT, MONTH ARE MAJOR MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIR DAVID SAID.

*THEY WILL MAKE THE EASTERN END OF HONG KONG ISLAND ONE OF

HE ADDED. MOST EASILY ACCESSIBLE AREAS IN THE TERRITORY,"

TURNING TO THE FUTURE, THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE GREEN CONSTRUCTION ON TRANSPORT POLICY IN HONG KONG HAD PROPOSED THE THIRD RAIL HARBOUR CROSSING TO LINK UP YAU MA TEI WITH IN NORTH POINT TO MEET GROWING TRAFFIC DEMAND AND TO ON THE ROAD NETWORK.

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T

THE

PAPER- OF A HILL

REDUCE PRESSURE

WILSON TOURED THREE DURING TODAY'S VISIT, SIR DAVID AND LADY

THE OLDER PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING ESTATES BUILDINGS, NAMELY TAK LEE, WAI LEE AND PO LEE BUILDINGS IN QUARRY BAY, AS WELL AS THE MODERN HENG FA CHUEN PRIVATE HOUSING WAN TSUI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN CHAI WAN.

COMPLEX

AND

THE

LARGE-SCALE PRIVATE OF CONSTRUCTION THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE

THE ALONG

MASS TRANSIT RESIDENTIAL ESTATES, SUCH AS HENG FA CHUEN,

DISTRICT AS A THE RAILWAY ISLAND LINE HAS STIMULATED THE GROWTH OF POPULAR RESIDENTIAL AREA IN HONG KONG.

III THEY ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR STAGE

TRAFFIC, THE PROJECT WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION, WHEN IT IS OPEN TO

BAY WITH DISTRICT WILL HAVE A CONTINUOUS EXPRESSWAY LINKING CAUSEWAY CHAI WAN.

THE GOVERNOR

LEARN ΤΟ PLEASED WAS

THAT

NOISE

REDUCTION

THE STAGE III CARRIAGEWAY TO MATERIALS ARE LAID ON THE SURFACE OF REDUCE TRAFFIC NOISE. HE ALSO LEARNED THAT FUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR SIMILAR WORKS ON SOME OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CORRIDOR WHICH TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

ARE CLOSE

NING STREET EASTERN

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ALSO TOURED THE HOI SITTING-OUT AREA TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THE EFFORT MADE BY DISTRICT BOARD IN BEAUTIFYING THE DENSELY POPULATED SHAU KEI WAN AREA.

CHILDREN ALSO ON THE ITINERARY WAS A VISIT TO THE SHAU KEI WAN

OF INTEREST CLASSES FOR AND YOUTH CENTRE WHICH OFFERS A WIDE RANGE SOME 2,000 YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEIR VISIT,

AND LADY WILSON GOVERNOR THE ENDING BEFORE

BOARD MET EASTERN DISTRICT VISITED A FAMILY IN WAN TSUI ESTATE AND MEMBERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AT THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

THE SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY

DAVID LAN; EASTERN REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR

OFFICER, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG; AND THE DISTRICT MR GARY YEUNG.

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