Work on the construction of two trunk roads through the centre of [Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, will be started soon in accordance with "the city planning program which calls for the extension of the city limits to cover an area 34 kilometres east and west and 25 kilometres north and south, it was reported here today.
The new roads will be 45 metres wide and will extend from the West Gate of the Outer Wall to the centre of the city. Zones for the com-medical, factory and residential districts are also being laid out with the view to accommodating a population of 1,000,000 within the next 30 years, the reports Dome, Tokyo-Canton Cable to
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