1940-11-18 — Page 11

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New Lay-out Of "Islands" In Argyle Street, Prince Edward & Waterloo Roads

ON

WATERLOO

THE NEW LAY-OUT OF THE "ISLANDS" ROAD, ARGYLE STREET AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, enraged 'the attention of the General Committee of the Kowloon Residents

Association at Its monthly meeting.

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FIRST STEAMER FROM CANTON DUE WEDNESDAY Following the re opening of the Pearl River, the Japanese vessel, the m, & Shiragane Maru. is due to arrive here from Canton on Wednesday.

At present, however, there is little likelihood that the British owned a Fatshan will resume

THE HON. DIRECTOR OF PUB-feasible with a drive of 37 feet in its service owing to the restric- LIC WORKS having courteously stead of 75 feet. complied with the Association's request for the plan and details of the new arrangement, the lay- out has been under the observa-

“BREAKS” IN ISLANDS Submissions but forward by the Association's representatives re-

llon of the Traffic & Street Light-ceived an attentive hearing from Ing Sub-Committee for some time, both officials, and it was finally particularly that, of Waterloo Road agreed that 'breaks' should be ef- tected in the islands to permit and Argyle Street, the work on

Access and egress of traffic at which was commenced first 'and which is now practically complet

Nov. 22"

Dec. 10

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Nov. 18

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"ISLANDS" EXTENDED

fxed intervals, .say about every 200 feet; that the islands on any corners or road junctions should

be

tions imposed on ships. plying between these two ports having not yet been lifted.

NEW HOSPITALS FOR KOWLOON

Two new Government hospitals, a general hospital and an infec- tous diseases hospital, are to be built in Kowloon, sites for which have already been chosen..

The new general hospital will accommodate between 500-600 beds. while the infectious di- contain at seases hospital will

shortened where considered necessary, to make entrance and It will have been noticed that exit easier at cross roads: and the "Islands" have been extended that where difficulty' was exper- to the full length of each section lenced in driving cars into re-least 240 beds. of roadway (from cross-road to sidences, the radius of curvature cross-road) and the main traffic of the bordering curbs, should be roadway has thus been reduced to increased.

Committee concurred,

1

was the

STRIKE AT· U.S. a width of 37 feet; the new de- The Committee eventually came

AIRCRAFT WORKS conclusion that "as the parture was stated by the Public to the Werks Department to be in accor- benefits to be gained by improved WASHINGTON.- Nov. 16. (Reuter) dance with the accepted principle road surfacing and lighting, out--Work on $80,000,000 worth of of modern road planning.

weigh any possible disadvan-military planes has been halted.

a strike at the Atter careful consideration, the taxes, since the objections in con- since Friday by Sub-Committee arrived at the nection

with uninterrupted' is-Vultee Aircraft Company's works upinion, with which the General lands have been removed, they at Los Angeles, where 3,800 mem- the should recommend that work on bers of the Committee of Indus-" that traffic conditions in Hongkong are the Prince Edward islands should trial Organisation are demanding

be continued forthwith. Regard-wage increase. unsuitable for the accepted prac-

Government officials said yester tice in the lay-out of roads inng the elaborate "trame cireus

at the Kowloon City end cf suburban districts in England.

day they were hopeful of an early Frince Edward Road, the Com-settlement. owing to the lack of road sense of

mittce_deferred making any com- the average Chinese pedestrian

ment on this until after it has and vehicular traffic on the road;

been in operation for a-reasonable that the side-lanes would serve no

time. The Committee are unani with, at the meeting. useful purpose, as subsidiary traf-

mous in their appreciation of the matter of complaints received re- fc would not use them owing to

sympathetic and courteous at-garding the neglect or indiffer- their length without a break; that

titude shown towards them encé of some bus conductors to these side-lanes as at present con-throughout by the Public Works the comfort of passengers in wet structed, make it difficult for re- Department officials in connex-weather, in not closing the bus sidents living along the roads to ion with the new lay-out of the windows when raining and not drive their cars into their gates: three roads.." that unless there is a good reason for reducing the width of the main drive to 37 feet. It would be more compatible with local traffic con- ditions to have the roadway as wide as possible; and that as re- gards Prince Edward Road (ex- cepting the Kowloon City end), it will be wiser not to proceed with the alteration of the "Islands" on this road until the value or other-" wise of the new lay-out in the other two roads is proved.

REASONS FOR LAY-OUT Upon representations to this ef- fect being made to the authorities, Mr. H. Handley Pegg, Assistant Director of Public Works, con

DEPLORABLE ROADS

The question of the deplor- able state of practically all roads. In Kowloon was also mentioned, and it was decid- ed to make representations direct to Government, urging that more expenditure оп maintenance "would result" in eventual economy by reducing the ultimate cost of re-sur- facing and that the necessary funds be made available for this very essential work.

Among

other business

siderately arranged that a deputa- CHINA

tion from the Association should meet him and Mr. A. E Lissaman, Engineer in charge of roads, ad discuss the matter with them.

In the course of the discussions, It was explained that the principal reasons for the introduction of the new system of road lay-out were- (a) improvement in street lighting, up to standard D of Ministry of Transport specification, (b) to de- velop the area in question on the lines of suburban, town-planning at Home, and (c) reduction in maintenance costs. There were two specific objects in placing the "s- lands" in the, position they were: 'one was to enable the street light- ing to be brought up to the re- could quired standard and this only be achieved by locating the lamp standards on the lalands, as It was necessary for the opposite lights to be not over 30 feet apart. The other was to enable the sur- facing of the road to be main. tained in a maximum state of effi- elency, which is of course

more

drying the seats when wet; it was decided to write to the Kowloon Motor Bus Co. Ltd. drawing their attention to the complaints.,

The congestion on the buses of all routes

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was

the congestion is mainly due to the non-arrival of vehicles from England, it was decided to bring this to the notice of the Bus Company for their immediate consideration. A donation of $50. was voted, to the funds of the dealt Street Sleepers Shelter Society.

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