SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986
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GOVERNMENT TUNNEL TICKETS ON SALE NEXT MONTH
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MOTOR ISTS USING THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND ABERDEEN TUNNEL WILL BE ABLE TO PAY TOLLS IN THE FORM OF PRE-PAID TICKETS FROM FEBRUARY 1.
THIS FOLLOWED AN AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) PTY LTD. TODAY (SATURDAY).
UNDER THE CONTRACT, WILSON PARKING WILL PRODUCE, MARKET AND SELL PRE-PAID TICKETS FÖR ALL GOVERNMENT ROAD TUNNELS.
SPEAKING AFTER CONTRACT SIGNING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS, SAID PRE-PAID TICKETS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS PRIVATE CARPARKS MANAGED BY WILSON PARKING/
THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL WAS 69 000 VEHICLES AND FOR THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL 34 000 LAST YEAR, HE NOTED.
GOOD START FOR A CLEANER SAI KUNG
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EFFORTS TO TACKLE LONG-STANDING POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN SAI KUNG WILL BE GIVEN A BOOST THIS MONTH WHEN MAJOR CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGNS ARE LAUNCHED IN TWO ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE TARGETS OF THE CAMPAIGNS ARE THE SEAFRONTS OF RENNIE'S MILL AND CHUNG MEI TUK.
WITH A SPONSORSHIP OF $47 650 FROM THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ORGANISED CLEAN-UP TEAMS, CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY, AND ARRANGED ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON WAYS TO IMPROVÉ AND MAINTAIN A CLEAN LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS REGIONAL SERVICES, HOUSING, MARINE AND NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGNS.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CAMPAIGNS WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK IN RENNIE'S MILL FIRST AND THEN IN CHUNG MEI TUK.
+ THE REFUSE ACCUMULATED, ABOUT ONE FOOT DEEP, ALONG THE SHORELINE OF RENNIE'S MILL HAS LONG BEEN AN EYESORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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