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SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1975
HE POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT WAS ALREADY PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF BETTER AND WIDER DUAL-CARRIAGEWAYS AND FLYOVERS IN KOWLOON URBAN AREAS AND IN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
HOWEVER, HE SOUNDED A NOTE OF CAUTION: WITH THE PROGRAMME FOR NW BUS TERMINI AND FERRY PIERS BEHIND SCHEDULE THUS AFFECTING
RVICE LXPANSION PROPOSALS. THE MARKED GROWTH IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ERS MAY NOT CONTINUE AT THE PRESENT RATE.+
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A GRAPH SHOWING THE GROWTH OF POPULATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM G.I.S. NEWS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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AMBULANCES TAKE ON DISTINCTIVE NEW LOOK
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S AMBULANCES ARE TAKING ON A NEW LOOK TO MAKE THEM READILY RECOGNISABLE AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
THE AMBULANCES ARE BEING DECORATED WITH A RED SASH PAINTED ROUND THE MIDDLE SO THAT MOTORISTS COULD IDENTIFY THEM FASTER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO GIVE THEM A CLEAR PATH.
A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT, WITH THE PRESENT NOISE LEVELS IN HONG KONG, IT WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO HEAR THE WAIL OF AMBULANCE SIRENS UNTIL THE AMBULANCE WAS QUITE CLOSE, AND WITH THE LARGE NUMBERS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, AMBULANCES WERE SOMETIMES NOT READILY IDENTIFIABLE.
+THE RED SASH ON THE AMBULANCE WILL HELP MOTORISTS TO RECOGNISE IT IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE WAY FOR IT, HE SAID.
SO FAR, 12 OF THE 91 AMBULANCES HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH THE RED LINE, INCLUDING FIVE NEW ONES PUT INTO SERVICE RECENTLY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE 'NEW LOOK' AMBULANCE ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM G.1.S. NEWS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.