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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1
1985
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CSD DRIVERS GET ACCIDENT-FREE CERTIFICATES
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COME 147 DRIVERS OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE ACCIDENT-FREE RECORDS OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS WERE AWARDED ACCIDENT-FREE CERTIFICATES TODAY (FRIDAY).
"PEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE THE DIRECTOR OF CITY SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD REMINDED THE AWARD RECIPIENTS THAT +PREPARATION FOR SAFETY REALL. BEGINS EVEN BEFORE THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE DEPOT.+
THIS PREPARATION TAKES THE FORM OF CAREFULLY
EXAMINING THE VEHICLE EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT ITS MAIN PAPTS ARE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND THAT ITS CONDITION DOES NOT PRESENT A HAZARD TO THE DRIVER, TO OTHER ROAD USERS AND TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,+ MR HEYWOOD SAID.
+YOU SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT YOUR OWN SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS MAY ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON YOU AND THE FECHANICAL SOUNDNESS OF YOUR VEHICLE.
+A FEW MINUTES SPENT CHECKING DAILY, AND THE TIMELY REPORTING OF ANY POSSIBLE FAULTS, DAMAGE AND DEFICIENCIES MAY SAVE LIVES, INCLUDING YOUR OWN.+
MR HEYWOOD ALSO CALLED ON THE AWARD RECIPIENTS TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO THEIR YOUNGER AND LESS EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES.
ROADS PLANNED TO SERVE NEW POLYTECHNIC
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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO EXTEND TAT CHEE AVENUE IN KOWLOON TONG TO LINK UP WITH CORNWALL STREET, TO FORM PART OF A ROAD NETWORK THAT WILL SERVE THE FUTURE CITY POLYTECHNIC, AND DEVELOPMENT TO
ITS NORTH-EAST.
IT ALSO PROPOSES TO WIDEN TO YUEN STREET FROM TO YUEN STREET PLAYGROUND TO TAT CHEE AVENUE AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD TO THE ADETH AND WEST OF NAM SHAN ESTATE THAT WILL LINK TAI HANG SAI STREET AND TAI HANG TUNG ROAD.
THESE PROPOSALS ARE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE UNDER THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE.
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