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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1978
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. THE FOUR LANES OF POK FU LAM ROAD OPPOSITE CHI FU FA YUEN HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE DURING 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AND 8 P.M. TO 8 A.M. DAILY TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INTERCHANGE AT THE ESTATE.
HOWEVER, TWO LANES, ONE NORTHBOUND AND ONE SOUTHBOUND, WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR TRAFFIC DURING PEAK HOURS 8 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M. DAILY.
NORMAL TRAFFIC WILL RESUME FROM 4 P.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 1).
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HARBOUR VIEW STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO FACILITATE PILING WORK FOR THE CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM.
DURING THE CLOSURE, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING HARBOUR VIEW STREET FROM CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL AND ALL DISEMBARKING VEHICLES FROM THE JUBILEE STREET FERRY PIER MUST PROCEED TO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL VIA GILMAN STREET. AT THE SAME TIME, THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS ADJACENT TO JUBILEE STREET FERRY PIER WILL BE SUSPENDED.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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CAREERS EXHIBITION CLOSES ****
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN SUCCESSION, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION ATTRACTED ABOUT 110,000 PEOPLE.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON, SAID AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY TODAY (MONDAY) THE REPEATED SUCCESS OF THE CAREERS EXHIBITION REFLECTED ITS GROWING POPULARITY,
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, WOULD CONTINUE TO ORGANISE THE EVENT AND HOPED TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE INFORMATIVE.
DURING A CLOSING CEREMONY, THE 100,000TH VISITOR WAS PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR GIFT BY MRS. HENDERSON.
SHE WAS 15-YEAR-OLD LISA CHEUNG SUK-CHING, FROM THE HOI PING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECONDARY SCHOOL, HO MAN TIN. LISA PLANS TO TAKE UP COURSES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN THE BUILDING TRADE AFTER COMPLETING HER SECONDARY SCHOOLING.
MR. HENDERSON ALSO PRESENTED SOUVENIR PENNANTS TO PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS.
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