WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981
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TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS IN WESTERN DISTRICT
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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN WESTERN DISTRICT BETWEEN 0.30 AM AND 6 AM ON APRIL 26 AND 27 TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE HILL ROAD FLYOVER.
THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL INCLUDE THE PROHIBITION OF VEHICLES FROM ENTERING THE SECTION OF DES VOEUX ROAD WEST BETWEEN WHITTY STREET AND HILL ROAD.
THE SECTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD WEST BETWEEN BELCHER'S STREET AND HILL ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY WESTBOUND WHILE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG DES VOEUX ROAD WEST WILL BE DIVERTED INTO CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CONNAUGHT ROAD.
THE SECTION OF HILL ROAD BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD WEST AND DES VOEUX ROAD WEST WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING ACCESS TO PREMISES IN THE AREA,
MOTORISTS IN DES VOEUX ROAD WEST WISHING TO GO TO THE WESTERN DISTRICT MAY USE QUEEN'S ROAD WEST VIA WHITTY STREET OR WESTERN STREET.
VEHICLES COMING DOWN FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF HILL ROAD WILL HAVE TO TURN LEFT INTO QUEEN'S ROAD WEST.
CMB ROUTE NOS. 5B, 10 AND 101 ON THE IR EASTBOUND JOURNEYS IN QUEEN'S ROAD WEST WILL BE DIVERTED VIA KENNEDY TOWN PRAYA, CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST, CENTRE STREET AND DES VOEUX ROAD WEST.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE THE MOTORISTS.
COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS GOES ON LECTURE TOUR
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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER,
MR THOMAS GARNER, WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED STATES TOMORROW AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF A FOUR-WEEK LECTURE TOUR DURING WHICH HE WILL SPEAK ON THE WORK OF HONG KONG'S PRISON SERVICE.
MR GARNER WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM ORGANISED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. HE WILL TOUR AT LEAST FIVE STATES ON THE EAST COAST.
SUBJECTS OF HIS TALK WILL COVER THE VARIED WORK OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT INCLUDING SECURITY PRISONS, THE COMPULSORY PLACEMENT PROGRAMME FOR DRUG ADDICTS, THE SUCCESSFUL CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, THE COMPREHENSIVE AFTER-CARE SERVICE AS WELL AS PRISON INDUSTRIES.
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