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Thursday, September 13, 1973
TRANSPORT SURVEY INTERVIEWS START ON MONDAY
The updating of facts and figures about patterns of travel and
transport in Hong Kong takes a new step forward on Monday (September 17)with
the commencement of household and roadside interviews designed to produce
detailed information about people's travelling habits and requirements.
The surveys, are part of the Comprehensive Transport Study which is
being conducted on behalf of the government by the consultant firm of Wilbur
Smith & Associates in liaison with the Traffic and Transport Survey Division
of P.W.D.'s Highways Office,
Note to Editors:
To give a filler picture of the scope and purpose of the interviews, and of how they will be conducted, a press conference will be held tomorrow (Friday), to which you are invited to send a representative.
The conference will start at 4 p.m. in the G.I.S. 16mm theatre on the 5th floor of Beaconsfield House. It will be chaired by Mr Gordon Sapstead, Principal Government Highway Engineer. Also speaking, and available to answer questions, will be Mr Gerry Wood of Wilbur Smith & Associates and Mr Pang Hau-chung, a Senior Engineer of the Traffic and Transport Survey Division.
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