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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1990

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RUMSEY STREET FLYOVER OPENED

THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL. LEUNG, TODAY (SATURDAY) IS BUILT ALONG A OFFICIALLY OPENED THE RUMSEY STREET FLYOVER WHICH SECTION OF

AND GILMAN

SUTHERLAND STREET.

ROAD CONNAUGHT

CENTRAL

BETWEEN

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE CENTRAL HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KWAN; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR AMBROSE LAU; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM KIN-LAI.

THE

STREET

DIRECTOR OF

AND WESTERN TRAFFIC AND

ON BY

AFTER THE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR KWEI SAID THAT

THROUGH TRAFFIC FLYOVER WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM TOMORROW,

UN IMPEDED CONNAUGHT ROAD BETWEEN ADMIRALTY AND HILL ROAD WOULD BE SIGNAL CONTROLS AND SEGREGATED FROM LOCAL TRAFFIC.

HE SAID THE 1.1-KILOMETRE-LONG FLYOVER DUAL TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.

WOULD

INITIALLY CARRY

BUILT ΤΟ TAKE GROWTH AFTER OF ROUTE 7

WAS HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT THE FLYOVER

LANES DUAL THREE

OF TRAFFIC TO CATER FOR FUTURE COMPLETION OF THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND EXTENSION FROM SAI YING PUN TO ABERDEEN.

COMPLETION OF THE HE ADDED THAT THE CEREMONY ALSO MARKED THE

GRADE-SEPARATEU ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT LAST OF THREE MAJOR

FOR

UPGRADING AND DUALLING OF CONNAUGHT ROAD,

THE OTHER TWO MAJOR KLEMENTS WERE THE HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER AND THE PEDDER STREET UNDERPASS.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE RUMSEY STREET FLYOVER STARTED 1986 AND WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $187 MILLION.

IN

DECEMBER

FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES GIVE SUPPORT TO CORE FAMILIES

*

YOUNG CORE FAMILIES HAVING PROBLEMS IN ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT SHOULD SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

THE REGIONAL OFFICER (NEW

TERRITORIES EAST) OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR ANTHONY CHAN, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT

SHENG THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE

KUNG HUI SAVIOUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE IN TAI PO.

-

THE

CHURCH OF OUR

/MR CHAN