JULY 4, 1974
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1974
NEW ROAD SIGNS ARE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND
KER
NEW SYMBOLIC-TYPE ROAD SIGNS ARE BEING GRADUALLY INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG. FIVE OF THEM WILL BE INSTALLED FAIRLY WIDELY IN CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI DISTRICTS AS PROH NEXT MONDAY (JULY 8).
THE SIGNS, THE FIRST 54 OF WHICH WERE GAZETTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, ARE BASED ON A CODE OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNS AGREED BY A UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED BY MANY COUNTRIES.
THEY ARE LARGELY SYMBOLIC AND DO AWAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH WRITING. THIS HAS. OBY (OUS ADVANTAGES FOR THE MOTORIST WHO. CAN IDENTIFY A SYMBOL MORE READILY AND SPEEDILY THAN READING LETTERING ON A SIGN..
SOME SIGNS CANNOT CONVEY. THE MESSAGE WITHOUT BILINGUAL LETTERING, AND THESE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW SERIES.
NEXT WEEK'S INSTALLATION OF FIVE SIGNS IS THE FIRST MONTHLY PHASE OF A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES WHICH, TOGETHER WITH PUBLICITY MEASURES PLANNED FOR EACH PHASE, IS DESIGNED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW SIGNS.
EVENTUALLY, THE NEW SIGNS VILL REPLACE EXISTING ONES, BUT THE PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, BOTH SETS OF SIGNS WILL APPLY AT THE SAME TIME.
THE FIVE NEW SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED NEXT WEEK ARE THE +STOP+, +GIVE WAY+, +GOODS VEHICLES PROHIBITED+, +NO LEFT/RIGHT TURN+, AND THE +OVER 12 TONNES+, SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE.
THE +STOP+ SIGN IS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE, WITH WHITE BORDER, WHITE LETTERS AND CHINESE CHARACTERS AND RED BACKGROUND. IT WILL BE PLACED AT ROAD JUNCTIONS ON MINOR, ROADS WHERE IT IS DESIRABLE ON SAFETY GROUNDS FOR ALL EMERGING VEHICLES TO STOP ON EVERY OCCASION.
'THE +GIVE WAY+ SIGN IS TRIANGULAR WITH RED BORDER, BLACK LETTERS AND CHARACTERS AND WHITE BACKGROUND. IT WILL DE PLACED ON MINOR ROADS AT THE IR JUNCTIONS WITH MAJOR ROADS, APART FROM THOSE COVERED BY +STOP+ SIGNS OR OTHER SIGNALS. THE IDEA IS FOR EMERGING VEHICLES ON THE MINOR ROAD TO STOP AND GIVE WAY TO TRAFFIC. FLOW ON THE HAJOR ROAD.
THE +GOODS VEHICLES PROHIBITED+. SIGN IS CIRCULAR WITH RED BORDER AND DIAGONAL BLACK SYMBOL AND WHITE BACKGROUND. IT PROHIBITS ENTRY BY ALL. GOODS VEHICLES AND MAY BE USED WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES.
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