MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1980
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SNT GOES ON LEAVE ***
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL GO ON LEAVE TOMORROW (JUNE 3). HE IS DUE TO RETURN ON JULY 7.
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, WILL ACT AS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING MR AKERS-JONES' ABSENCE.
ALSO ON LEAVE IS THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, WHO LEFT HONG KONG LAST THURSDAY. THE DISTRICT OFFICER TUEN MUN, MR BILLY LAM, IS ACTING IN MR SWEETMAN'S PLACE.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 4) AT THE JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND PEKING ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI, AND AT EASTERN STREET IN WESTERN DISTRICT.
THE ARRANGEMENTS AT BOTH LOCATIONS ARE MADE TO FACILITATE ROAD WORKS AND WILL LAST ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, ALL NORTHBOUND VEHICLES ON NATHAN ROAD WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING LEFT INTO PEXING ROAD, ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE SECTION OF EASTERN STREET BETWEEN FIRST STREET AND HOSPITAL ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC.
MOTORISTS WISHING TO GO TO PEKING ROAD MAY USE MIDDLE ROAD AND HANKOW ROAD INSTEAD.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.