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MONDAY, MAY 25, 1987
AT PRESENT, 54 000 PERSONS TRAVEL TO WORK THROUGH THE LION ROCK TUNNEL DURING MORNING PEAK HOURS. ABOUT 45 000 RIDERS OR 83 PER CENT OF THEM ARE BUS PASSENGERS.
+THE SCHEME IS THE LATEST MEASURE INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC USING THE TUNNEL. ON THE FIRST DAY OF ITS OPERATION, THE BUS LANE HAS BEEN OPERATING SMOOTHLY. AN INITIAL SURVEY HAS INDICATED THAT BUS JOURNEY TIME HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT TWO MINUTES,+ MR SCURFIELD SAID.
TO ENSURE THE SHOOTH OPERATION OF THE SCHEME, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND IN THE APPROACHES TO THE TUNNEL AND WILL CARRY OUT A REVIEW IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, MR SCURFIELD ADDED.
SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
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A SEMINAR ON +ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY+ WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 27) AT THE RAYSON HUANG THEATRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE EVENT AIMED AT STIMULATING PUBLIC INTEREST IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN HONG KONG FORMS PART OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (WED).
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, WILL DELIVER THE KEYNOTE SPEECH WHILE CHAIRMAN OF EPCOM, DR DAVID JOHNS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE EPCOM'S WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY WORKING GROUP, MR S.L. WAN, WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY SERVICES IN HONG KONG RESPECTIVELY.
THERE WILL ALSO BE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS FOCUSSING ON AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND RADIATION, WATER AND WASTES MANAGEMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING.
THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS AND THE CENTRE OF URBAN STUDIES AND URBAN PLANNING OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, THE HONG KONG LANDSCAPE GROUP AND THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
THE SEMINAR WILL LAST FROM 9.45 AM TO 4.30 PM AND INTERESTED PARTIES CAN DIRECT THE IR ENQUIRIES TO 5-740883 EXT. 29.
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