SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1988
ACCORDING TO POLICE STATISTICS, MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE WERE INJURED OR DIED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR.
TO HELP PROMOTE THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES, THE COMMITTEE HAS PUT UP PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS AT VARIOUS TRAFFIC BLACK SPOTS TO DISSUADE RESIDENTS FROM JAYWALKING AND DISTRIBUTED PAMPHLETS TO MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO SENT QUESTIONNAIRES ON ROAD TRAFFIC RULES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE RISKS IN ROAD TRAFFIC.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TODAY WERE YAU MA TRI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG; YAU MA TEI DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR J. MAIN; AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH.
THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WAS SPONSORED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD.
IVY STREET WIDENED FOR SAFE TRAFFIC
A SECTION OF IVY STREET BETWEEN ELM STREET AND TAI KOK TSUI ROAD HAS BEEN WIDENED TO ENABLE BETTER VEHICLE FLOW AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN TAI KOK TSUI.
THERE WAS ORIGINALLY ONLY ONE 3.3-METRE CARRIAGEWAY AND PAVEMENT ON ONLY THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THIS ROAD SECTION.
WITH THE SCHEDULED COMPLETION OF THE TAI KOK TSUI TEMPORARY MARKET ON AN ADJACENT BARTH MOUND EARLY THIS YEAR, THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE ANTICIPATED AN INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN FLOW AND HEAVY LOADING ACTIVITIES.
IT WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED THAT A PORTION OF THE EARTH MOUND SHOULD BE REMOVED TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXTRA CARRIAGEWAY AND A PAVEMENT BORDERING THE MARKET.
THE BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $130,000 FOR REMOVING THE EARTH MOUND AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLOPE FORMATION WORK.
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY AND PAVEMENT AND IS RESURFACING THE ORIGINAL CARRIAGEWAY TO ENSURE A UNIFORM ROAD SURFACE FOR THE ENTIRE SECTION.
THE PACKAGE OF WORKS IS DUE TO COMPLETE AROUND FEBRUARY TO TIK IN WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW MARKET.
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