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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1988
MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT
WELL-ESTABLISHED
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TO DEAL WITH
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERIOUS TRAFFIC DISRUPTION ON ROADS AND IN TUNNELS.
HAD
PROCEDURES
SERVICES
OR
HOWEVER,
OF
AND
WHERE
THAT THE THE JUNE 4 ACCIDENTS SHOWED
DEPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES NEEDED TO BE BETTER PLANNED
BSPECIALLY ARRANGEMENTS, CO-ORDINATED WITH TRAFFIC DIVERSION ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON STRATEGIC ROADS.
"IN ADDITION, A
CLOSER
LINK BETWEEN GOVERNMENT'S EMERGENCY AND UTILITIES
PROCEDURES AND THOSE OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS
IS ESSENTIAL.'
HANDLING
ON STANDING PROCEDURES FOR
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS, HE SAID THE POLICE REPRESENTED THE FIRST LINE OF CONTACT.
THE POLICE UNDERTOOK ALL NECESSARY TRAFFIC MEASURES, AND ENSURED THAT THE PUBLIC WERE RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND CROWD CONTROL INFORMED QUICKLY THROUGH
"THE
DEPARTMENT TRANSPORT
IS RESPONSIBLE CO-ORDINATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF EMERGENCY PUBLIC THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA AND STRENGTHENING SERVICES IN OTHER HE SAID.
FOR TRANSPORT
THE
OVERALL SERVICES AREAS,
H
"IT ALSO ADVISES THE PUBLIC TO AVOID THE SCENE OF INCIDENT, AS NOT TO CAUSE FURTHER CONGESTION.
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TO INFORM THE TRANSPORT DISRUPTED SO THAT IT WOULD
ARE REQUIRED TRANSPORT OPERATORS
SERVICE IS DEPARTMENT WHENEVER THEIR ARRANGE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT SERVICES.
"IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE REPAIR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE REPAIR WORK RELEVANT UTILITIES.
OPENING OF ROADS 18 CARRIED OUT BY
FOR THE
WAS MR LEUNG SAID REINSTATEMENT OF THE ROADS
CO-ORDINATED WHEREVER PRACTICABLE, REPAIR WORK HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT. UNDERTAKEN OUTSIDE THE PEAK TRAFFIC PERIOD.
THE
BY
WAS
INTO INVESTIGATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN BY THE RAILWAY CORPORATIONS THEMSELVES OR EXPERTS, MR LEUNG SAID.
TRAIN ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING DERAILMENT,
BY OUTSIDE
REFERRING TO RECENT KCR DERAILMENT INCIDENTS, MR LEUNG
BY AN OVERSEAS CONSULTANT FULL INVESTIGATION WAS BEING CARRIED OUT AND A REPORT WAS EXPECTED IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS' TIME.
SAID A
LAW TO REPORT ON DERAILMENTS TO THE THE CHIEF SECRETARY MIGHT CALL FOR A INSPECTOR.
ALSO HE ADDED THAT THE RAILWAY CORPORATIONS WERE
CHIEF SECRETARY. IF SEPARATE REVIEW BY
REQUIRED BY
NECESSARY, A RAILWAY
/AS FOR