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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1974
FIVE MORE NEU TRAFFIC SIGNS NEXT UIT C
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ANOTHER INSTALLATION PROGRAMME OF SYMBOLIC ROAD SIGNS WILL START NEXT TUESDAY WITH FIVE MORE SIGNS TO DE INTRODUCED FAIRLY WIDELY IN CENTRAL AUD TSIN SHA TSUI DISTRICTS.
THEY ARE THE +CONTRA-FLOW BUS LANE+, +NO ENTRY+, +WITH- THE-FLOW BUS LANE+, +ONE WAY ONLY- AHEAD+ AND +ONE WAY ONLY
LEFT/RICHT+ SIGNS.
NEXT WEEK'S INSTALLATION WILL BE THE SECOND PHASE OF A MONTHLY SERIES DESIGNED TO ADEQUATELY INFORM KOTORISTS OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW SIGNS. FIVE WERE INTRODUCED LAST KONTH.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE NEW 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 COUNTJES.
HE SAID THEY ARE LARGELY SYNDOLIC AND DO AWAY AS KUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH WRITING, WHICH ENABLES MOTORISTS TO IDENTIFY A SYMBOL MORE READILY AND SPEEDILY THAN READING LETTERING ON A SIGN.
+ANOTHER OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ADOPTION IS THAT HONG KONG MOTORISTS DRIVING ABROAD WILL FIND IT KUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC SIGNS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ALSO USE THE SAME SYMBOLIC SIGNS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SOME SIGNS CANNOT CONVEY THE MESSACE WITHOUT BILINGUAL LETTERING, AND THESE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW SERIES.
THE NEW SIGNS WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE EXISTING ONES, HE SAID, BUT THE PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, COTH SETS OF SIGNS WILL APPLY AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED.
THE +CONTRA-FLOW BUS LANE+ SIGN, RECTANGULAR WITH WHITE BORDER, ARROUS, SYNDOL, CHARACTERS AND LETTERS, AND CLUE BACKGROUND, IS A MANDATORY SICH INDICATING ONE-WAY STILET WITH CONTRA-FLOW BUS LANE. THE NUIDER OF FORWARD ARROWS ON THE SIGN MAY BE ALTERED ACCORDING TO THE NUIDER OF FORVARD LANES AVAILABLE TO NORMAL TRAFFIC.
OHE +NO ENTRY+ SIGN INDICATES THAT ENTRY OF ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS PROHIBITED UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED BY A SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE. CIRCULAR WITH WHITE BORDER, RED BACKGROUND AND WHITE SYMBOL, IT MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRAFFIC BOLLARDS.
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