WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1982
IT ALSO ISSUES, UNDER OTHER ORDINANCES, LICENSES TO INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS FOR RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATES FOR AIR CREW OR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS,
THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND NURSES OF THE
DIVISION ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION OF INJURED WORKERS AND STAFFING THE MEDICAL BOARDS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
KCR TO START SIMULATION RUNS TOMORROW
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL START SIMULATION RUNS OF THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN AS FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO PREPARE FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF THE ELECTRIFIED INNER SUBURBAN SERVICE ON MAY 6.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID THE ELECTRIC TRAINS WILL RUN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5.38 PM FROM APRIL 22 TO 26, AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10.18 PM ON APRIL 27, 29 AND 30. THERE WILL ONLY BE MORNING RUNS ON APRIL 28 BECAUSE OF A RACE MEETING AT SHA TIN THAT EVENING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT NORMAL TRAIN SERVICES MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY AFFECTED BY THE SIMULATION RUNS DURING THIS PERIOD AND KCR COMMUTERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO BOARD THE ELECTRIC TRAINS STOPPING AT THE STATIONS.
HE ALSO WARNED THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN, TO KEEP OFF THE TRACKS AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE TEST RUNS OF THE ELECTRIC TRAINS ARE FAST WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 120 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.
+YOU ARE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME IF YOU WALKED ON OUR TRACK BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE AN ELECTRIC TRAIN APPROACHING IT WILL BE TOO LATE, THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.
MEANWHILE, THE KCR ARE CONTINUING THE IR MASSIVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE MEDIA, RADIO AND TELEVISION WARNING THE PUBLIC OF THE DANGER OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE OVERHEAD WIRES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE KCR IS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEREFORE WE ARE STILL VISITING SCHOOLS NEAR THE RAILWAY TO GIVE SAFETY LECTURES SUPPLEMENTED BY FILMS AND SLIDE SHOWS.+
WARNING POSTERS ARE ALSO PUT UP IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, HE SAID.
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