FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1986
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INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S GROWTH INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION, AGE GROUPS, AVAILABILITY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRI AL PREMISES WILL BE PRESENTED THROUGH DISPLAY BOARDS AND A 15-MINUTE VIDEO-FILM.
A PAMPHLET + INVEST IN TAI PO+, PREPARED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD'S PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO VISITORS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAI PO AT THE FLYOVER OF THE NEW WORLD CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT NOON TOMORROW.
CENTRAL TRAFFIC CHANGES BEGIN MONDAY
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A SCHEME TO IMPROVE BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AREA IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY.
+A MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME IS THAT FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (MAY 12), THE EXISTING THROUGH MOVEMENT FROM WYNDHAM STREET TO PEDDER STREET WILL BE BANNED. THE MEASURE IS TO SIMPLIFY THE OPERATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE JUNCTION OF WYNDHAM STREET WITH QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND PEDDER STREET IN ORDER TO PROVIDE GREATER TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT,+ A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LOWER ALBERT ROAD, ICE HOUSE STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIVERSION, GLENEALY AND A SHORT SECTION OF LOWER ALBERT ROAD BETWEEN GLENEALY AND ICE HOUSE STREET HAVE ALREADY BEEN RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY DOWNHILL AND ONE-WAY EASTBOUND RESPECTIVELY, HE CONTINUED.
GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 1, 2, 3, 3A, 8 AND 9 ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WYNDHAM STREET TO PEDDER STREET THROUGH TRAFFIC BAN AND WILL BE DIVERTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE ROUTE ING.
ALSO ON MAY 12, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE COMMISSIONED AT THE JUNCTIONS OF ICE HOUSE STREET WITH QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.
BY JUNE, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL COME INTO OPERATION AT THE JUNCTION OF GLENEALY WITH WYNDHAM STREET AND LOWER ALBERT ROAD. THIS WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES THERE.
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