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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1990

MR KWEI POINTED OUT THAT THE RETAINING WALL

AN

WAS

CONSTRUCTED BELOW QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL NOT ONLY PROVIDED SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL GROUND-LEVEL TRAFFIC LANE FOR GASCOIGNE ROAD, BUT ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT'S NEW APPROACH TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE AESTHETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION TO ENSURE HUMAN FACTORS WERE NOT OVERLOOKED IN DEVELOPING PROJECT DESIGNS.

IT IS A 12-METRE-HIGH AND 96-METRE-LONG WALL WITH DECORATIVE CONCRETE FACING PANELS.

TO CREATE SPECIAL

INTEREST, A SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR STANLEY AU, WHO IS AS THE ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED PAINTER, PRODUCED FOUR CHINESE PAINTINGS BASIS FOR LARGE SCALE PANELS INTENDED ΤΟ COMPLEMENT THE OVERALL COMPOSITION OF THE WALL FACE.

MR KWEI SAID THE WALL WAS THE PRODUCT OF CLOSK CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DISCIPLINES BY SUCCESSFULLY APPLYING NEW METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A PLEASING FINISH COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR BETTER : WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGHWAYS PROJECTS, HE SAID.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF YAU TSIM DISTRICT BOARD, MR YIP WAH.

TAC DISCUSSES TRAM, BUS AND TAXI MATTERS

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THE

TRANSPORT ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

(TAC) TODAY

(THURSDAY)

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS

EXAMINED THE FARE INCREASE APPLICATIONS FROM THE AND THE NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY (NLB).

BEEN REVISED SINCE

THE TAC NOTED THAT THE TRAM FARES HAD NOT 1983 WHILE THE BUS FARES ON LANTAU WERE LAST RAISED IN JUNE 1987.

IN REVIEWING HONG KONG TRAMWAYS' FINANCIAL

POSITION, THE

TAC WOULD

FORECAST REVENUE NOTED THAT IF TRAM FARES REMAINED UNCHANGED, BE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING COSTS FROM 1989-90 ONWARDS.

/FARES ON