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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
FOUR WORKING GROUPS FORMED ON LRT SAFETY
BEEN FORMED FOUR GOVERNMENT WORKING COMMITTEES AND GROUPS HAD
RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM AND TO ENSURE THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE LIGHT
AREA, PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN TRANSIT SERVICE
HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID IN THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE
HON
LEUNG T AI CHIN-WAH, MR REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE
EARLIER
HIS UNDER THIS MONTH SAID ONE OF THESE WERE SET UP
INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CHAIRMANSHIP TO CONDUCT FURTHER REVIEW OF THE LRT AND OTHER ROAD TRAFFIC IN THE LIGHT OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
MR LEUNG SAID THAT HE SAW THE NEED TO FORM HIS WORKING GROUP WAS TO ASCERTAIN CERTAIN POSSIBLE REFINEMENTS TO THE LRT SYSTEM WHICH
ITS OPENING ON CERTIFIED SAFE BY THE UK INSPECTOR OF RAILWAYS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 18.
IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED SO FAR BY HIS
ADDITIONAL
PHYSICAL
WORKING GROUP INCLUDED BARRIERS,
WARNING AUDIBLE
THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNALS AND LONGER TERM MODIFICATIONS TO JUNCTION LAYOUT.
PUBLIC ON-GOING
EDUCATION
STRENGTHENED, HE SAID.
PROGRAMMES
WOULD
BE
FURTHER
T
KCRC LRT LIAISON
COMMITTEE
WAS SCHEME
MR LEUNG SAID A GOVERNMENT SET UP IN 1984 TO CO-ORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE LRT SYSTEM.
THE
"THIS COMMITTEE TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE COMMENTS AND VIEWS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP OF THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.
I
T
BY
"PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ROAD SAFETY ARE OVERSEEN
HE ADDED. ITS SUB-COMMITTEE, WITH INPUT FROM THE TWO DISTRICT BOARDS,
CHAIRED BY THE LOCAL A WORKING GROUP ON
1987 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UK RAILWAY INSPECTORATE WAS SET UP IN LATE
CROSSING ALONG THE TO ENSURE THE SAFE OPERATION OF EACH
LRT TRACK.
JUNCTIONS
PEDESTRIAN
SPEED LIMITS
NEED
"IT MEETS FORTNIGHTLY TO EXAMINE SUCH MATTERS AS OF THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES, ADJUSTMENT TO SIGNAL PHASING AND THE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEGREGATED CROSSINGS," MR LEUNG SAID.
REGIONAL 'THERE IS A
LIAISON GROUP ΤΟ REVIEW
HE SAID.
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND KCRC AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS,
INVOLVING EMERGENCY
THE POLICE, ARRANGEMENTS
/ON THE ...............
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