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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1977
HK TAKES PART IN WORLD CONFERENCE OF
INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION
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MR. SIU CHUEN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (MAINLAND) DIVISION, LEFT FOR TOKYO TODAY (SATURDAY) TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT THE EIGHTH WORLD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION.
THE CONFERENCE STARTS TOMORROW AND WILL BE ATTENDED BY
SOME 3,000 ROAD ENGINEERS FROM 70 COUNTRIES.
DURING THE SIX-DAY MEETING, THE DELEGATES WILL DISCUSS TOPICS SUCH AS HIGHWAY POLICY AND PLANNING, HIGHWAY OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, ROADS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY,
ON THURSDAY, MR. SIU WILL PRESENT A TECHNICAL PAPER ON +A DECADE OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY NETWORK IN HONG KONG+, ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, AND WILL GIVE A BRIEF TALK ON THE SUBJECT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A 45-MINUTE DISCUSSION.
A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS, SENT TO TOKYO EARLIER BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, SOME 400 MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION WILL VISIT HONG KONG IN GROUPS ON THEIR WAY HOME.
THE FIRST GROUP TO ARRIVE WILL CONSIST OF ABOUT 50 REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORWAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GROUPS FROM SWEDEN, FINLAND, CANADA, AMERICA, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GERMANY AND MEMBERS OF THE ROAD ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA.
WHILE HERE, THEY WILL LOOK AT THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS SUCH AS THE $300 MILLION TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL, ALL OF WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
A NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE IRF WORLD MEETING HAVE VISITED HONG KONG SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH ON THEIR WAY TO THE CONFERENCE.
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