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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1991
1,320 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN OCTOBER
CASUALTIES
WERE REPORTED
A TOTAL OF 1,745
IN 1,320 ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.
TRAFFIC
(SATURDAY) THAT 353 OF A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
THESK EAST, 418 IN ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 244 IN KOWLOON KOWLOON WEST AND 305 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
WERE THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER SHOWED THAT 31 PEOPLE
SLIGHTLY INJURED KILLED, 356 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,358 IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED A SLIGHT DECREASE PER CENT WHILE THAT OF CASUALTIES SHOWED A DECREASE OF 1.6 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990.
PER
OF 0.15 CENT
IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AT AUSTIN ROAD PROPOSED
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IMPROVEMENT
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO CARRY OUT ROAD AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES AT AUSTIN ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI,
ΤΟ THE PROPOSAL AIMS
IMPROVE THE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AT AUSTIN ROAD BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND AUSTIN AVENUE.
THE PROPOSED WORKS INCLUDE:
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RFCONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF AUSTIN ROAD AND AUSTIN AVENUE, AND A SECTION OF COX'S ROAD AUSTIN ROAD AND TAK SHING STREET;
ROAD BETWEEN NATHAN
BETWEEN
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*
WIDENING OF THE SECTION OF COX'S ROAD TO THREE LANES AT JUNCTION WITH AUSTIN ROAD;
REALIGNMENT
OF
KERBLINES
AND RECONSTRUCTION PAVEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE ROAD JUNCTION OF AUSTIN AVENUE;
ITS
OF ROAD AUSTIN ROAD AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS
AND AMENITY AREAS;
AND
REPROVISIONING OF FENCES, KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB AND PLAYGROUND.
AND GATES
ACCESS ROAD FOR THE ROAD CHILDREN COX'S
WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN MID NEXT COMPLETED IN LATE 1993.
YEAR AND WILL BE
DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED WORKS ARE PUBLISHED IN A NOTICE IN LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
/THE PLAN
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