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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1984
TURNING MOVEMENTS BANNED
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FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (JULY 9), THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC MEASURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED :-
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THE RIGHT-TURNING MOVEMENT FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD SOUTHBOUND INTO HING WAH STREET WESTBOUND WILL BE BANNED FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
THE LEFT-TURNING MOVEMENT FROM HING WAH STREET WESTBOUND INTO CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD SOUTHBOUND WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED.
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SWIMMERS WARNED TO STAY CLEAR OF REFUSE BOOM
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THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY WARNED THAT SWIMMERS WHO CLIMB ONTO THE NEWLY-ERECTED REFUSE BOOM LINE AT REPULSE BAY BEACH ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID THAT DESPITE WARNING SIGN S ERECTED ON THE BOOM, THERE WERE INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WHEN SWIMMERS WERE FOUND CLIMBING ONTO THE BOOM, THUS CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE BOOM NET.
+THE REFUSE BOOM IS LAID OUTSIDE THE DEMARCATED BOOM-LINE AS A TRIAL TO PREVENT FLOATING REFUSE DRIFTING INTO THE SWIMMING AREA SO THAT SWIMMERS CAN ENJOY A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT, + SAID THE SPOKESMAN,
+SWIMMERS ARE PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK IF THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE WARNINGS BECAUSE THEY COULD BE ENMESHED BY THE NETTING AND DROWNED,+
THE REFUSE BOOM STRETCHING SOME 800 METRES HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT A COST OF ABOUT $250 000 AND THE SCHEME WILL BE EXTENDED TO OTHER BEACHES IN THE URBAN AREA IF PROVED SUCCESSFUL.