FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1986
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APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF TW OFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW OFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, HAS BEEN RE-APPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1987, AND THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD P.H. LIAO, UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1988.
THE NEW SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES. AND THE NEW SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR RON BRIDGE, HAVE BEEN APPOINTED OFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. NOTICES OF THE RE-APPOINTMENT AND APPOINTMENT WERE GAZETTED
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DRIVERS TO PAY EXACT TUNNEL TOLLS
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DRIVERS USING +EXACT PAYMENT+ LANES AT GOVERNMENT TUNNELS WILL BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO TENDER THE EXACT TOLL PAYABLE, UNDER THE ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1986 PÚBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.
THE NEW REGULATIONS, WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 13, ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT GOVERNMENT TUNNELS, PARTICULARLY AT LION ROCK TUNNEL.
EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW PROVISIONS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID SIGNS HAD BEEN POSTED ON FOUR LION ROCK TUNNEL TOLL BOOTHS (TWO IN EACH DIRECTION) SINCE APRIL 1 1985 ADVISING TUNNEL USERS, UNDER THE ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) RÉGULATIONS, THAT THEY SHOULD TENDER THE EXACT TOLL.
+EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT EXACT PAYMENT LANES COPE WITH MORE VEHICLES EACH HOUR DURING PEAK PERIODS THAN ORDINARY LANES, BUT THE IR EFFECTIVENESS IS REDUCED BECAUSE THE SIGNS ARE ADVISORY AND MANY DRIVERS USING THE LANES STILL ASK FOR CHANGE,+ HE SAID.
ADDITIONAL SIGNS AND POSTERS ERECTED TO REMIND DRIVERS TO TENDER THE EXACT TOLL AND REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE TUNNEL'S PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM HAD HAD LITTLE EFFECT, HE SAID.
.THE +EXACT PAYMENT+ SIGNS ERECTED AT THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL HAD PROVED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS THEY WERE PROVIDED FOR STATUTOR ILY UNDER THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL BY-LAWS AND WERE GENERALLY OBSERVED BY DRIVERS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, A DRIVER IN AN EXACT PAYMENT+ LAVE WHO TENDERED MORE THAN THE TOLL AMOUNT AND REQUIRED CHANGE WOULD COMMIT AN OFFENCE AND BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $1 000,
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