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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1982
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN WAN CHAI
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THE KERBSIDE LANE OF WESTBOUND HENNESSY ROAD IN WAN CHAI BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH THE BUS ONLY LANE UNDER THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER AND A POINT ABOUT 40 METRES EAST OF CANAL ROAD EAST WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 7 AM ON SUNDAY (APRIL 4) TO 6 AM THE NEXT MORNING FOR ROAD WORKS.
DURING THE CLOSURE, VEHICLES ALONG HENNESSY ROAD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TURN INTO CANAL ROAD EAST OR THE BUS ONLY LANE UNDER THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER.
VEHICLES HEADING FOR CANAL ROAD EAST CAN USE TANG LUNG STREET, WHICH WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY FROM HENNESSY ROAD TO CANAL ROAD EAST.
IN ADDITION, BUS ROUTES 38, 108, 112, 116 AND 122 WILL BE DIVERTED AT HENNESSY ROAD TO USE PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD AND CANAL ROAD WEST.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CHIEF LEAVES FOR TOKYO CONFERENCE
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THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR FRANCIS YANG WILL LEAVE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND THE THIRD ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS TO BE HELD IN TOKYO FROM APRIL 5 TO 9.
FOUR OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AS OBSERVERS. THEY ARE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT CHOW SAI-WING, SUPERINTENDENTS WU CHUN-KAN, PI WING-LEE AND JOHNNY WONG.
THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH IS HOSTED BY JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, WILL BE ATTENDED BY HEADS OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FROM THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGION.
THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING ON APRIL 10 AS A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE PROGRAMMES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES TO BE HELD AT THE UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS.
THE INSTITUTE, KNOWN AS +UNAFE I+ AND FOUNDED IN 1962, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT AND THE NEW BUILDINGS WILL BE OPENED AT AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY ON APRIL 8.
HONG KONG, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCH CONFERENCE BY HOLDING THE FIRST CONFERENCE HERE, AND THIS IS RECOGNISED BY PARTICIPATING NATIONS WHICH HAVE ELECTED MR GARNER TO BE A CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT.
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