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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1991

A SPECIAL HAND-BACK PHILATELISTS ON FEBRUARY 25.

SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL

UNREGISTERED FULL POSTAGE PREPAID FIRST DAY COVERS, PREPARED PRIVATELY AND BEARING A LOCAL ADDRESS, WILL BK ACCEPTED OVER THE COUNTER, IMPRESSED WITH THE NORMAL POST OFFICE DATESTAMP AND HANDED BACK TO THE PERSON PRESENTING THEM.

THREE PRIVATE STREETS ON HK ISLAND TO BE RESUMED

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO RESUME AND REPAIR JUPITER STREET IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT AND MCGREGOR AND SAM PAN STREETS IN WAN CHAI ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THREE STREETS WERE PRIVATE STREETS UNDER MULTIPLE OWNERSHIPS NOT BEEN PROPERLY MANAGED OR MAINTAINED.

THAT THE AND HAD

"AS A RESULT, THEY ARE IN POOR REPAIR AND ARE PARTLY OCCUPIED BY STALLS OBSTRUCTING PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR MOVEMENT, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT. TO CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTING STALLS AND TO REPAIR THE STREETS TO A PROPER STANDARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

MAY

WORKS ON MCGREGOR STREET AND SAM PAN STREET WOULD START IN NEXT YEAR WHILE THOSE ON JUPITER STREET WOULD FOLLOW THREE MONTHS LATER.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED WORKS, OBJECTS OR STRUCTURES ATTACHED TO OR PROJECTING FROM A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN KING'S ROAD, JUPITER STREET, MCGREGOR STREET, CROSS STREET, ΤΑΙ YUEN STREET AND SAM PAN STREET WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.

NOTICES ON THE PROPOSED RESUMPTION AND REPAIR OF THE THREE PRIVATE STREETS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE.

THE PLANS AND SCHEMES SHOWING THE PROPOSED WORKS ON THE THREE PRIVATE STREETS CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY, CENTRAL.

JUPITER STREET

THE PLAN AND SCHEME ON THE PROPOSED WORKS ON CAN ALSO BE SEBN AT THE HONG KONG BAST DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 19TH FLOOR, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, 29 TAI ON STREET, BUILDING, SAI WAN HO.

EASTERN

LAW COURTS

/THE PLANS

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