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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1994

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THESE SUGGESTIONS AND LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR MIKE CHIU, AND THE OF THE PUBLICITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL, MR ANTHONY YUEN.

ASSISTANT

CHAIRMAN CONSUMER

POK FU LAM ROAD STAGE I RECONSTRUCTION WORKS COMPLETED

SPOKESMAN FOR

THE

POK FU LAM ROAD STAGE I RECONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE COMPLETED DESPITE THE HEAVY RAINS IN JULY AND AUGUST, A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

3.8 KILOMETRES

OF

THE WORKS INVOLVE RECONSTRUCTING ABOUT

AND CARRIAGEWAY

AND FOOTWAY OF THE SECTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD

SHEK PAI WAN ROAD BETWEEN MT DAVIS ROAD AND ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD. THE STORM

IMPROVEMENT WORKS WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND OTHER UTILITY INCLUDED.

ARE

ALSO

FU

LAM

THE

STAGE

OF THE WORKS WHICH COVERS THE SECTION OF POK I ROAD TO THE NORTH OF POK FU LAM RESERVOIR ROAD, INCLUDING THE CRITICAL JUNCTION NEAR QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED DESPITE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE RECENT WET MONTHS.

ARE YEAR.

IN

STAGE II WORKS COVERING THE REMAINING SECTION TOWARDS ABERDEEN

BY PROGRESS AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED

NEXT

FEBRUARY

THE

"UPON COMPLETION OF THE ROADWORKS, A FIVE-YEAR AND ONE-YEAR

RESTRICTION WILL OPENING

BE IMPOSED

ON RESPECTIVELY RECONSTRUCTED CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTWAY.

ROAD

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FURTHERMORE, AS RENEWAL AND PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT CONCURRENTLY DURING THE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORKS, THE PRACTICAL NEED FOR ROAD OPENINGS ALONG THIS SECTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS SHOULD BE MINIMAL

AND ROAD COMMUTERS SHOULD FIND THEIR JOURNEYS SMOOTHER THAN BEFORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE

IMPORTANT

POK FU LAM ROAD TOGETHER RECONSTRUCTED

WITH OTHER ROAD

IMPROVEMENT WORKS

AS PLANNED IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT WILL SERVE ROUTE FOR COMMUTERS BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN

AN

DISTRICTS.

THE

RECONSTRUCTED

WORKS

COMMENCED

IN

1992 OCTOBER

AT AN

ESTIMATED COST OF $42 MILLION.

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