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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1992
CCTV TO MONITOR HONG KONG ISLAND TRAFFIC
THE
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL INSTALL 34 CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS ALONG STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF THE ROAD NETWORK ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF HONG KONG ISLAND ΤΟ PROVIDE REAL-TIME VISUAL SURVEILLANCE OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CAMERAS WOULD BE CONNECTED WITH THE HONG KONG AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM WHICH CONTROLS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 160 TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND.
A $10.3 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED. IT ALSO INVOLVES THE LAYING OF ASSOCIATED CABLES AND INSTALLING EQUIPMENT IN THE ATC CENTRE AT HARBOUR BUILDING IN CENTRAL.
"UPON COMPLETION OF THE WORKS IN LATE 1992, PROMPT RESPONSE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS BY MEANS OF VISUAL SURVEILLANCE CAN BE MADE, IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AND OPTIMISING UTILISATION OF THE LIMITED CAPACITY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ΤΟ THUS
ROAD
PUBLIC ADVISED NOT TO CUT TREES AND PLANTS
TO
CUT TREES OR THE LUNAR NEW
THE PUBLIC WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) ADVISED NOT PLANTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR DECORATIVE YEAR PERIOD.
USE DURING
A COUNTRY PARKS
AGRICULTURE AND CUTTING TREES THE FORESTS AND
PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR LAI CHING-WAI, EXPLAINED THAT OR PLANTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WAS AN COUNTRYSIDE ORDINANCE.
UNDER OFFENCE
"CONTRAVENTIONS TO THE ORDINANCE MAY LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE
$2,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT.
HE SAID.
"ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC IS BECOMING MORE AWARE OF OF CONSERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE, SIX PEOPLE WERE FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF PROTECTED PLANTS,
"
OF
THE IMPORTANCE
PROSECUTED
HE SAID.
LAST YEAR
WERE BEST APPRECIATED IN
MR LAI SAID WILD FLOWERS AND TREES THEIR NATURAL HABITAT AND SHOULD NOT BE PICKED OR CUT.
HE CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO REPORT SUCH THE NEAREST COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE.
ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES TO
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