SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1984
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PARKING METERS FOR MID-LEVELS
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A TOTAL OF 103 PARKING METERS ARE BEING INSTALLED AT MID- LEVELS TO REGULATE THE USE OF ON-STREET PARKING SPACES THERE.
THE NEW METERS AT BOWEN ROAD, MACDONNELL ROAD, HORNSEY ROAD, MAY ROAD, CASTLE ROAD AND COOMBE ROAD WILL BE OPERATIONAL FROM 8 AM ON MONDAY (MARCH 5).
DRIVERS GET ACCIDENT-FREE CERTIFICATES
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THIRTY-FOUR DRIVERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) RECEIVED ACCIDENT-FREE CERTIFICATES FOR DRIVING.
PRESENTING THE CERTIFICATES AT KO SHAN THEATRE, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, SAID THAT FRUSTRATION CAUSED BY SLOW-MOVING TRAFFIC WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHICH COULD LEAD TO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AND THUS TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
THIRTY OF THE RECIPIENTS HAD AN ACCIDENT-FREE RECORD FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND FOUR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
URGING DRIVERS TO BE DEFENSIVE IN THEIR DRIVING TO AVOID ACCIDENTS, HE SAID, +1 AM REMINDED OF A NOTICE TO DRIVERS WHICH WAS DISPLAYED NEAR THE EXIT OF THE ARMY BARRACKS AT SEK KONG WHERE I ONCE LIVED. IT READ IT IS BETTER TO BE 30 MINUTES LATE IN THIS WORLD THAN 30 YEARS EARLY IN THE NEXT'.+
THE DEPARTMENT HAS A FLEET OF 400 VEHICLES OF VARIOUS TYPES, RANGING FROM REFUSE COLLECTION AND STREET-WASHING VEHICLES TO GULLY EMPTIERS AND MECHANICAL SUCTION SWEEPERS.
ON THIS FLEET OF EXPENSIVE VEHICLES, MR HEYWOOD SAID THAT THEIR USE WAS REGULARLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY WAS EFFICIENTLY EMPLOYED.
+ IN THESE TIMES WHEN THE TERRITORY'S BUDGET IS IN DEFICIT, IT IS IN ALL OUR INTERESTS TO USE EXPENSIVE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
+ I THEREFORE APPEAL TO THE DRIVERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED GOOD COOPERATION IN HELPING MANAGEMENT TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES WHICH ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS PURPOSE, HE SAID.
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