THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1986
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DB MEMBERS TOUR POLLUTED SPOTS
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THIRTEEN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED A NUMBER OF SITES TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH POLLUTED CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND IN TSUEN WAN.
THEY WENT TO TSUEN WAN NULLAH IN THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD AREA WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF INDISCRIMINATE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE THROUGH THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.
MEMBERS THEN WENT TO THE CHUNG NAM BUILDING TO SEE THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. THEY ALSO VISITED TIEN CHU VE-TSIN ON TSING YI ISLAND TO SEE HOW CHEMICAL WASTE WAS DISCHARGED,
THEY SAW A BARGE IN OPERATION AT THE KWAI CHUNG CARGO TERMINAL COLLECTING OILY WASTE FROM VESSELS AND WERE BRIEFED ON A SIMPLE RECYCLING OPERATION ON BOARD THE BARGE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THE TECHNICALITIES OF DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE DURING THE VISIT.
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RESTRICTED ZONES SET UP IN CENTRAL
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TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, THE FOLLOWING ROAD SECTIONS IN CENTRAL WILL BE DESIGNATED PEAK HOUR (7 AM TO 10 AM AND 4 PM TO 7 PM) DAILY RESTRICTED ZONES FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 9):
* THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF CHATER ROAD BETWEEN CLUB
STREET AND MURRAY ROAD
* THE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF CHATER ROAD BETWEEN ITS
JUNCTION WITH MURRAY ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 45 METRES WEST OF THE SAME JUNCTION;
* THE WESTERN KERBSIDE LANE OF MURRAY ROAD FROM A POINT
ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CHATER ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 20 METRES SOUTH OF THE SAME JUNCTION AND * THE EASTERN KERBSIDE LANE OF MURRAY ROAD FROM A POINT
ABOUT EIGHT METRES NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH LAMBETH WALK TO A POINT ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH OF THE SAME JUNCTION. WITHIN THE RESTRICTED ZONES, NO VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS.
IN ADDITION, THE EXISTING PEAK HOUR RESTRICTED ZONE FOR GOODS VEHICLES ON THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SECTIONS OF CHATER ROAD WILL BE LIFTED AT THE SAME TIME.
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