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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990
BODIES
ON AND
ADVISORY THE ELECTORATE
"SINCE THE DISTRICT BOARDS ARE IN ESSENCE LOCAL AFFAIRS, THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ENABLE BOTH ELECTED MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER MORE CLEARLY.
"DOUBLE-SEAT
CONSTITUENCIES
WILL, PROVIDED WHEN THE LOCAL SITUATION JUSTIFIES,
HOWEVER,
HE SAID.
CONTINUE
то
BE
THE
FOR ARRANGEMENTS MR SUEN POINTED OUT THAT THESE PROPOSED 1991 ELECTIONS WOULD REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE ELECTORAL LAW.
FOR
"IN SEEKING THESE AMENDMENTS, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY
то SCRUTINISE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
AND DEBATE THESE
PROPOSALS, HE SAID.
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EXCO APPROVES NEW TUNNEL TOLLS
* *
ABERDEEN THE SHING MUN AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT THE TOLL FOR TUNNEL WILL REMAIN AT $3, AND THAT THE TOLLS FOR
BE SET AT $3, A JUNK BAY TUNNELS WILL ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WILL BE ADJUSTED TO
$6
WITH
THE TOLL FOR LION ROCK TUNNEL EFFECT FROM APRIL 20, 1990 WHEN THE SHING MUN TUNNELS OPEN TO TRAFFIC.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TUNNEL TOLLS WERE LAST REVISED IN 1985.
WAS GOVERNMENT POLICY HE SAID IT CONGESTION IN THE TUNNELS AND ADJACENT ROADS.
AT
TO
USE TOLLS
ΤΟ
REDUCE
AN PRESENT,
AVERAGE OF WHICH IS 25,000 TUNNEL
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT, 105,000 VEHICLES USE THE LION ROCK TUNNEL EACH DAY, VEHICLES MORE THAN THE 80,000 VEHICLES FOR WHICH THE LION ROCK WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.
ON THE APPROACH THIS HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE CONGESTION ROADS TO THE TUNNEL, AND UNACCEPTABLY LONG QUEUES DURING RUSH HOURS.
ROCK
IN RECENT YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED VARIOUS TRAFFIC
LION AT THE MANAGEMENT MEASURES TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
TUNNEL, SUCH AS TIDAL FLOW AND THE CONTROLLED MERGING OF VEHICLES.
HOWEVER, THESE HAVE LED то ONLY MARGINAL IMPROVEMENTS. CONGESTION AT THIS TUNNEL WILL CONTINUE UNLESS THE TOLL IS REVISED.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A TOLL OF $6 WILL HELP REDUCE TO A MORE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL.
THE SPOKESMAN
CONGESTION