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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1992

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN SAM SHING AND SO KWUN WAT WILL BE WIDENED IN EIGHT MONTHS' TIME AND THE SECTION IN TSUEN WAN WEST WILL BE UPGRADED TO DUAL TWO-LANE BY LATE 1994.

ALSO, CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN ΤΟ WIDENING CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN SO KWUN WAT AND TSURN WAN WEST, AND TO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL HILL CLIMBING LANES AT THREE CRITICAL SECTIONS OF TUEN MUN ROAD BY 1996.

MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT

WORKS ARE ALSO IN HAND то ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN TURN MUN, YUEN LONG AND THE TOLO HIGHWAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR MOTORISTS TO TRAVEL FROM TUEN MUN TO THE URBAN ARBA VIA THE TOLO HIGHWAY.

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IN THE LONG TERM. THE PLANNED OPENING OF THR COUNTRY PARK SECTION OF ROUTE 3 IN 1998 WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO CATER FOR TRAFFIC DEMAND, THUS FURTHER RELIKVTNG CONGESTION ALONG THE CORRIDOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MR ALAN LOT, WILL

THE ASSISTANT COMM189 TONKR FOR TRANSPORT, MEET A GROUP OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON THURSDAY (JULY 301 TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE.

CONTRACTORS URGED TO CUT USE OF HARDWOOD TIMBER

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE

LANDS DEPARTMENT IS CHANGING PROCEDURES

OFFICE LOOKING AT IT'S AND REQUIREMENTS

ENCOURAGE THE USE OF HARDWOOD TIMBER.

(BOO) OF THE BUILDINGS AND REQUIREMENTS WITH A VIEW ΤΟ THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY

THE OFFICE IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING AN EXERCISE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY AMEMDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION IN THE PURSUIT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME EFFORTS ARE BEING STEPPED UP ΤΟ ENCOURAGE CONTRACTORS TO ACTIVELY SEEK METHODS ΤΟ REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TROPICAL HARDWOOD TIMBER USED IN THEIR BUILDING PROJECTS.

IN THE LATEST DESPATCH OF A PRACTICE NOTR POR AUTHORISED PERSONS AND REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, A PACKAGE OF PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ARE PROVIDED BY BOO TO PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD AS MOVE TO ACHIEVE SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE USE OF HARDWOOD TIMBER IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRIES,

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IN THE LIGHT OF THE THREAT OF DESTRUCTION ΤΟ THE WORLD'S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE TARGETED AT SKRKING ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS TO HARDWOOD IN MANY COMMON ASPECTS

BUILDING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOARDINGS, COVERED WALKWAYS,

FORMWORKS AND INTERNAL FINISHES,

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TEMPORARY

/CITING HOARDING