THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1987
NEW WARNING SYSTEM TO ABATE TRANSPORT CHAOS DURING TYPHOONS
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO TRY OLT NEW ARRANGEMENTS AIMED AT REDUCING TRANSPORT PROBLEMS CAUFRE BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RETURNING HOME ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME ON THE HOISTING OF A NUMBER 8 TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL.
THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS BASH LLY ENTAIL AN ADVANCE WARNING TO THE PUBLIC OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE HOISTING OF A NUMBER 8 SIGNAL ΤΟ ENABLE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR то STAGGER THE RELEASE OF THEIR STAFF.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR LI KWING-SHUN, SAID THEY WERE DESIGNED TO SPREAD THE DEMAND ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, THUS AVOIDING THE CONFUSION AND CHAOS AT MTR AND BUS STATIONS WHICH OFTEN OCCURRED DURING THE PASSAGE THE PAST.
WILL
OF TYPHOONS IN
MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC
IS
ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS LIKELY ΤΟ BE HOISTED
UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, A WARNING BE BROADCAST WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT A NUMBER 8 SIGNAL WITHIN TWO HOURS.
THE OBJECTIVE OF ISSUING THIS WARNING MESSAGE IS TO ENABLE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ΤΟ PREPARE RELEASING THEIR STAFF IN PHASES, STARTING WITH THOSE HAVING TO MAKE LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEYS HOME.
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THIS MESSAGE WILL READ: "THE GOVERNMENT ADVISES THE PUBLIC THAT IN VIEW OF THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON/SEVERE TROPICAL STORM WINDS LOCALLY WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER AND THE HOISTING OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NUMBER 8 IS EXPECTED WITHING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH LONG OR DIFFICULT JOURNEYS HOME ARE ADVISED TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEYS NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW RELEASING ITS EMPLOYEES IN THIS CATEGORY. PUBLIC TRANSPORTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
AVAILABLE.
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THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE REPEATED AT FREQUENT INTERVALS UNTIL THE NUMBER 8 SIGNAL GOES UP WHEN A SECOND WARNING MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE BROADCAST. THIS SECOND MESSAGE WILL ADVISE THE PUBLIC то PREPARE THEIR JOURNEYS HOME BUT WILL. EMPHASISE THAT TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME.
PUBLIC
THIS MESSAGE WILI, READ: "THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NUMBER 8 WAS HOISTED AT (TIME) TODAY. THE MAJOR LAND-BASED FUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ARE CONTINUING Tti OPERATE, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES BEING PROVIDED, THE GOVERNMENT ADVISES THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOW PREPARE TO RETURN HOME, BUT EMPHASISES THAT TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME DETAILS OF THESE SERVICES FOLLOW THIS BROADCAST.'
PUBLIC
TIME.
/MR LI