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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1974
+THERE WERE ARGUMENTS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THIS. THE ESSENCE OF A GOOD SCHEME IS SIMPLICITY AND ARGUABLY SIMPLICITY CALLS FOR A 24-HOUR APPLICATION.
+ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS NOTHING RIGIDLY DOCTRINAIRE ABOUT THE SCHEME, AND MANY MOTORISTS HAVE QUESTIONED THE• (22) FOR ITS PROVISIONS TO BE APPLIED AT A TIME WHEN BUSES ARE NOT RUNNING. THIS SUGGESTION, LIKE THE MANY OTHER POINTS RAISED BY THE PUBLIC; WAS TREATED IN THE CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS MADE, AND THE BALANCE OF OPINION WAS THAT THE RELAXATION WAS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD BE ADOPTED.+
IN ADDITION TO THE NIGHT-TIME RELAXATION, THE OTHER MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING :-
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THE IMMEDIATE OPENING OF THE BUS LANE IN ROBINSON ROAD EAST OF THE JUNCTION WITH CASTLE ROAD TO THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES OPERATING THE NEW CONDUIT ROAD/ PO SHAN ROAD SERVICE DURING EVENING PEAK HOURS (5 P.. TU 7 P.M.)
* PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING OF THE BUS LANE TO ·
A PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES (FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOL LIGHT JUSES AND SIMILAR VEHICLES SERVING THE OCCUPANTS OF A PARTICULAR BUILDING). THIS WILL MEAN THAT SMALLER AS WELL 43 FULL-S1420 SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE A TU JSE THE LANE.
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THE REOPENING OF BREEZY PATH TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AS 900. AS ADDITIONAL SIGNALS CAN BE INSTALLED, THOKERY OBVIATING A DETOUR WHICH MANY MOTORISTS HAVE HAD TO MAKE.
COMMENTING ON SUGGESTIONS THAT TAXIS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THE JUS LANES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +I'M AFRAID THAT THIS 13 ONE CHANGE THAT WE JUST CANNOT MAKE, MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TJ.
+JE'RE UP AGALIST THE PESCAPAJLE FACT THAT AT THE EVENING PEAK HOURS TAXIS MAKE JP 25 TO 30 PER CENT OF THE VEHICLES JA THE ROADS IN THE HO-LEVELS AREA.
+IF WE WERE TO ALLOW THIS PROPORTION OF VEHICLES ON TO THE DUS LANES, THE BUSES COULD JE BADLY DELAYED – WHICH WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE AND WHICH WAS DESTINED TO GET MUCH WORSE IF QOTALaq »ÃO 90.....+
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS, WITH SINGAPORE, A REGIONAL FRONT¬RUNNLR+ IN THE INTRODUCTION OF A JUS PRIORITY SCHEME, SIMILAR SCHENGO HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTED Ia Varttuda adI-ASIAN TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES ANO 15.41 Ti.i.
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