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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1986
+THE TRIBUNAL WILL NOTIFY THE CLAIMANTS BY POST OF ITS DECISION. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY INCORPORATED WILL ALSO PUBLISH THE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL AND MAY IF IT THINKS FIT DISCLOSE OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE DECISION, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ALL HEARINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PRIVATE AND THE DATE OF THE FIRST HEARING HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED.
HE NOTED THAT FORMER SHAREHOLDERS OF THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK NUMBERED MORE THAN 9 000.
SIR EDWARD BRIEFED ON TRANSPORT SITUATION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO KEEP HIMSELF UP TO DATE ON THE OVERALL TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IN HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE AREAS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND VEHICLE ROAD SAFETY WHEN BEING BRIEFED BY EXPERTS.
ON TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT, THE GOVERNOR LEARNED THAT THE HONG KONG ISLAND AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM, WHICH CONTROLS AT PRESENT ABOUT 90 JUNCTIONS EAST OF ARSENAL STREET, WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER 200 TRAFFIC SIGNALS BETWEEN KENNEDY TOWN AND SHAU KEI WAN BY 1987.
FOR KOWLOON, PLANS ARE IN HAND TO EXTEND THE KOWLOON ATC SYSTEM TO WONG TAI SIN, SAN PO KONG AND KWUN TONG. THE SYSTEM NOW CONTROLS 230 JUNCTIONS WEST OF THE AIRPORT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS, THE GOVERNOR FIRST TOURED THE KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT AT DUNDAS STREET.
THERE SIR EDWARD WAS BRIEFED ON THE ORGANISATION AND WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING DIVISION, THE DAY-TO-DAY TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESEARCH AND PLANNING FUNCTIONS.
ONE MAJOR PROJECT NOW IN HAND IS THE TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER, THE GOVERNOR WAS INFORMED THAT TRAFFIC USING THE THREE-LANE FLYOVER IS REACHING SATURATION LEVEL. AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANE WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE. WHEN RECONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN JULY, THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF THE FLYOVER WILL BE CLOSED AND TRAFFIC REROUTED TO GROUND LEVEL.
THE DEPARTMENT