TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1980
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CANAL ROAD FLYOVERS
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THE DOWN RAMP OF THE CANAL ROAD EAST FLYOVER AND THE UP-RAMP OF CANAL ROAD WEST FLYOVER WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1.30 AM AND 6 AM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (MARCH 1-2).
DURING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE, HONG KONG-BOUND BUSES ON CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE 121 WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA WATERFRONT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE FLYOVER, QUEENSWAY BEFORE BACK TO THE IR NORMAL ROUTING. KOWLOON-BOUND BUSES WILL BE DIVERTED VIA HENNESSY ROAD, YEE WO STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, PATERSON STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, WATERFRONT ROAD FLYOVER AND THEN BACK TO THE NORMAL ROUTING.
HONG KONG-BOUND BUSES ON CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE 122 WILL BE DIVERTED VIA WATERFRONT ROAD FLYOVER, GLOUCESTER ROAD, TONNOCHY ROAD, HENNESSY ROAD, YEE WO STREET AND THEN BACK TO THE NORMAL ROUTING. KOWLOON-BOUND BUSES WILL OPERATE VIA HENNESSY ROAD, FLEMING ROAD FLYOVER, WAN CHAI FERRY ROAD, WATERFRONT ROAD AND THEN BACK TO THE NORMAL ROUTING.
FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY, SEVERAL STREETS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY AREA WILL BE DESIGNATED URBAN CLEARWAYS TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FLYOVER IN CANAL ROAD.
THEY ARE THE SECTION OF CANAL ROAD EAST FROM ABOUT 15 METERS NORTH OF SHARP STREET EAST TO ITS JUNCTION WITH LEIGHTON ROAD, SECTION OF MATHESON STREET FROM HOUSE NOS. 11-13 TO ITS JUNCTION WITH LEIGHTON ROAD, SECTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD EASTBOUND BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH CANAL ROAD EAST TO LEIGHTON CENTRE OPPOSITE HOUSE NOS. 22-24 LEIGHTON ROAD, AND YIU WAH STREET,
WITHIN THE CLEARWAYS, ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS AND LOADING OR UNLOADING GOODS BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM DAILY.
THE CLEARWAYS WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS.
EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR 1979
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR 1979.
THE STATISTICS ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMOD I TY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.
FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN 1979 WERE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT. THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 81 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR.
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