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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1988
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HE ALSO SAW A HONG KONG JOINT-VENTURE PROJECT IN SICHUAN WHICH WAS GOING WELL.
SIR DAVID VISITED A FARMING VILLAGE IN THE PROVINCE TO SEE THE LATEST SITUATION IN THE AGRICULTURAL SCENE IN CHINA.
HE SAID IT WAS MOST INTERESTING BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE THEY ENGAGED IN FARMING, THEY WERE ALSO ENGAGED IN FACTORY PRODUCTION AS A SIDELINE,
ASKED WHETHER HE DISCUSSED THE BASIC LAW WITH OFFICIALS IN PEKING, SIR DAVID SAID HE DID NOT GO THERE TO DISCUSS THE BASIC LAW.
"WHILST I WAS THERE, AMBASSADOR KE DID BRIEF ME ON THE LAST PLENARY MEETING OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE AND PUT ME IN THE PICTURE AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE, AND THE CHANGES THAT HAD OCCURRED TO THE BASIC LAW AFTER THAT MEETING HAD BEEN HELD, HE ADDED.
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RETURNING WITH SIR DAVID WAS POLITICAL ADVISER, MR RICHARD CLIFT, WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED THE CHIEF SECRETARY ON THE VISIT.
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SIGNAL-CONTROLLED MERGING EXPERIMENT AT CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL
THE USE OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS TO CONTROL VEHICLE MERGING ACTIVITIES WILL BE TESTED OUT AT THE HONG KONG ENTRANCE OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL THIS WEEK, AS PART OF A STUDY TO FIND WAYS ΤΟ RELIEVE CONGESTION AT THE TUNNEL, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE TEST WILL FIRST BE CARRIED OUT FOR TWO HOURS BETWEEN 10.30 AM AND 12.30 PM ON TUESDAY (MAY 10). IT 15 SCHEDULED ΤΟ LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT THE ACTUAL DURATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPLEMENTATION TIME WILL DEPEND ON THE RESULTS OF THE TEST ON THE FIRST DAY.
THE IMPACT OF THE TEST ON THE TUNNEL THROUGHPUT WILL BE
ANALYSED.
IT IS ONE OF THE MEASURES AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TRAFFIC STUDY JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE MVA CONSULTANCY, THE TRAFFIC STUDY AIMS AT IDENTIFYING MEANS TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AT THE TUNNEL AND WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH.
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