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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1991
THE MAIN CONGESTION AREAS WERE EASTERN ON HONG KONG ISLAND; TSING IN KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG IN KOWLOON; AND SHA TIN AND KWAI THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE ROAD CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTED TO 993 CASES AS AGAINST 1,693 CASES IN 1989/90, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT WAS SET UP UNDER THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AND MONITOR COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON TRANSPORT MATTERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT ΤΟ MAKE ANY SUGGESTION OR COMPLAINT COULD CALL THE ROUND-THE-CLOCK TCU HOTLINE ON TEL. 577 6866.
AFTER INVESTIGATING INTO THE COMPLAINTS, THE UNIT WILL GIVE THE COMPLAINANT EITHER A VERBAL OR WRITTEN REPLY.
MINISTER AND GOVERNOR THANK RESCUE TEAM
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, LORD CAITHNESS, HAS CONVEYED HIS THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE FROM THE OIL BARGR, DB 29, WHICH SANK IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 15).
"OUR CONDOLENCES GO TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST RELATIVES IN THIS TRAGEDY. BUT THE TOLL WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH GREATER WITHOUT THE MAGNIFICENT EFFORTS IN APPALLING CONDITIONS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL NAVY, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WHO HAVE HELPED IN HONG
HE SAID.
KONG, "
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WHO IS ON LEAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HAS ALSO SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.
HE ALSO PRAISED ALL THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE RESCUE OPERATION.
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