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MONDAY, MAY 6, 1991
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THESE COMMUTERS WITH A BUS SERVICE WHICH COMFORTABLE, ECONOMICAL AND FAST WOULD HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION IN
SHE SAID.
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TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE BUS PLAN, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES ΤΟ SPEED UP THE MOVEMENT OF BUSES ALONG NATHAN ROAD AND GASCOIGNE ROAD AND INTO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (URBAN), MR LEE SHU-CHEE, SAID ALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG NATHAN ROAD SOUTH OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND GASCOIGNE ROAD WOULD BE LINKED IN THE MORNING PEAK HOURS TO ENSURE SMOOTH FLOW OF TRAFFIC то THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
A BUS LANE WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE LOOP FROM CHATHAM ROAD NORTH TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL APPROACH TO FACILITATE BUS MOVEMENTS.
AT THE TOLL. PLAZA, THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY HAD AGREED TO SEPARATE THE TRAFFIC LANE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING WEIGHT BRIDGE DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS TO ALLOW BUSES TO BYPASS THE QUEUEING TRAFFIC, MR LEE SAID,
"AS A RESULT OF THESE MEASURES, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE JOURNEY TIME OF THE BUSES FROM PRINCE EDWARD TO CENTRAL WOULD BE ABOUT 25. MINUTES, HE ADDED.
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THE SECOND PHASE OF THE ACTION PLAN WILL START IN PROVIDE A NEW EXPRESS AIR-CONDITIONED BUS SERVICE FROM KCR STATION BUS TERMINUS TO CENTRAL.
IS то ENCOURAGE KCR
MID-JUNE ΤΟ THE KOWLOON
PASSENGERS KOWLOON
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE FROM THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES TO INTERCHANGE FOR BUSES AT STATION INSTEAD OF TAKING MTR AT KOWLOON TONG INTERCHANGE.
AFTER THE LAUNCHING OF THE FIRST TWO PHASES, THE TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES.
REMINDER ON SAFE OPERATION OF LIFTING APPLIANCES NEAR OVERHEAD CABLES
IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE LIFTING APPLIANCES NEAR OVERHEAD CABLES, PARTICULARLY DURING THE WET SEASON, THE DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
"A SERIOUS OR EVEN FATAL ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR IF A LIFTING APPLIANCE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH A CABLE,
M HE SAID.
"ALSO A WORKER WILL BE INJURED IN A FLASHOVER CAUSED BY LIFTING APPLIANCE GETTING TOO CLOSE TO A POWER LINE, MR CHAN ADDED.
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