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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988
TREMENDOUS BOOST COMPETE IN HONG
THE TO
ISLAND
"THE INCREASE IN OVERSEAS PARTICIPATION IS A FOR LOCAL HANDICAPPED ATHLETES WHO ARE ONLY ABLE TO KONG BY REASON OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WILLINGNESS EASTERN CORRIDOR FOR THE EVENT," MR SCOTT SAID.
CLOSE
SPORTSMAN IS NOT ARE ALSO AGAINST
HANDICAPPED "THE INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ONLY PUBLIC BENEFIT ASPECT OF THE RACE BUT PARTICIPANTS RAISING FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST AND PROMOTING THE FIGHT DRUG ABUSE, HE ADDED.
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JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE
ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, THE EVENT IS THE 11TH IN THE SERIES.
TIDAL-FLOW ARRANGEMENT TO CONTINUE FROM NEXT MONDAY
REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
TIDAL-FLOW THE
ARRANGEMENT AT THE MONDAY (JANUARY 18), TUNNEL WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON A REGULAR BASIS AS A SHORT-TERM TO RELIEVE THE TUNNEL CONGESTION.
FROM LION ROCK MEASURE
NEXT
MONDAY THE ARRANGEMENT WILL BE IN FORCE FROM 6 AM AND ENDING AT 7.30 AM.
ΤΟ
FRIDAY,
STARTING
QUEUES
ON
MERGING THE
AS SOON AS THE ARRANGEMENT ENDS, THE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED
WILL BEGIN
UNTIL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT
TO OPERATE SOUTHBOUND APPROACHES TO THE TUNNEL DISAPPEAR.
THE TIDAL-FLOW
DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS. ARRANGEMENT PROVED EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING TRAFFIC QUEUE LENGTH
TRAFFIC QUEUES ON SOUTHBOUND POSTPONING THE FORMATION OF ROADS TO THE TUNNEL.
AND IN APPROACH
THE TECHNIQUE OF
USING TRAFFIC
SIGNALS
то
CONTROL VEHICLE
MERGING ALSO FACILITATED TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE TOLL PLAZA AREA.
BOTH THE
TIDAL-FLOW
THE
ARRANGEMENT AND
SIGNAL-CONTROLLED MEASURES TO RELIEVE MERGING ARRANGEMENT WILL BE REVIEWED WHEN OTHER CONGESTION AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ARE INTRODUCED AT A LATER STAGE.
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