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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989
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IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION ELEVATED ROAD NEAR CHOI HUNG ESTATE, LINKING THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL SOUTHERN APPROACH ROADS AT DIAMOND HILL WITH THE PRINCE EDWARD ROAD INTERCHANGE.
THIS SECTION OF ELEVATED ROAD WILL BE PART OF THE FUTURE * ROUTE 6 CONNECTING THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, THROUGH THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, WITH TOLO HIGHWAY AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FLYOVER OVER LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL-CONTROLLED LUNG CHEUNG ROAD/HAMMER HILL ROAD JUNCTION, WHICH HAS INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUME.
THE COMPLETION OF THIS GRADE-SEPARATED REDUCE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA.
JUNCTION WILL GREATLY
CONSTRUCTION WILL START THIS MONTH AND THE CRITICAL PORTIONS CONNECTING THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL APPROACH ROADS WILL BE COMPLETED IN MID-1991 PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND THE CONSTRUCTION
BY HOTT MACDONALD HONG KONG LTD. FOR THE
SUPERVISED DEPARTMENT.
BE
WILL HIGHWAYS
STUDENTS URGED TO SPREAD JOB SAFETY MESSAGE * * * * *
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, TODAY (THURSDAY) STRESSED THE NEED TO PROMOTE AMONG EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES A SPIRIT OF SAFETY-MINDEDNESS IN THE WORKPLACE.
SPEAKING AT THE AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR THE 1988/89 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STUDENT POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, MR HAMMOND SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WOULD LEAD TO INJURIES TO WORKERS, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND LOSS OF PRODUCTION.
LABOUR, HE ADDED,
APART FROM CAUSING A LOSS OF SKILLED ACCIDENTS WOULD ALSO AGGRAVATE THE LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM.
"TO AVOID TRAGEDIES, WE MUST IMPROVE THE SAFETY AWARENESS OF BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, HE SAID.
MR HAMMOND NOTED THAT THE POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION WAS AIMED AT INSTILLING IN YOUNG PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AWARENESS.
WILL
DISSEMINATE
"THUS WHEN THEY GROW UP AND JOIN THE WORLD OF WORK, THEY NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, BUT WILL ALSO HELP TO THE SAFETY MESSAGE TO THEIR FELLOW WORKERS, HE ADDED.
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