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+WHEN WE SMILE WE MEAN IT, HE SAID.
+AS WITH CERTAIN OTHER COASTAL DWELLERS EXPOSED TO STRONG TIDAL FORCES, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A TOUGH PROTECTIVE SHELL. WE
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ARE HARD AND COLD ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE ARE SOFT AND WARM
ON THE INSIDE. NO MARKS FOR GUESSING THE RIDDLE CORRECTLY, BUT THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT FIRST APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE.+
MR TSAO ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE ONLY CONSTANT IN HONG KONG WAS CHANGE ITSELF, +A PROCESS IN WHICH ALL OF US WHO LIVE HERE ARE CEASELESSLY ENGAGED IN ORDER TO REFINE AND IMPROVE WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE.+
+HOWEVER, AS THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION JUNK REMINDS US, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN OUR PAST. WITNESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE LOCAL CULTURAL FIELD.
+EVEN THOUGH IT MAY PROMPT A DESIRE TO TINKER AND TO ALTER HERE AND THERE, TO PRESENT OLD STYLES IN NEW FORMS, WE DO HONOUR AND RESPECT OUR CULTURAL TRADITIONS, AND THIS DESIRE TO EVOLVE IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR SEARCH FOR PERFECTION IN OTHER FIELDS, HE SAID.
TRIAL PLAN TO REDUCE ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS TO LAUNCH TWO TRIAL PROGRAMMES TO PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNS.
THE TRIALS WILL LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SIGNS ON HONG KONG'S ROADS BY AVOIDING UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION, THE RELOCATION OF SOME SIGNS AND THE INCREASED USE OF ROAD MARK INGS.
THE PROGRAMMES ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND EAST TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE CAUSEWAY BAY TRIAL AREA IS BOUNDED BY HENNESSY ROAD, YEE WO STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD AND PERCIVAL STREET.
THE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI TRIAL AREA IS BOUNDED BY SALISBURY ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD, HONG CHONG ROAD, HONG TAT PATH AND CHEUNG WAN ROA.
A CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT MR PANG HO CHE EXPLAINED THAT THE CAUSEWAY BAY AREA WAS CHOSEN FOR THE TRIAL BECAUSE IT WAS A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE WITH A GREAT VARIETY OF PROHIBITORY, MANDATORY AND WARNING SIGNS.
/THE EAST