FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
THE DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION SET UP AT 8.30 AM TO CO-ORDINATE TRAFFIC SITUATION REPORTS.
CENTRE WAS
THE CENTRE ALSO KEPT CLOSE CONTACTS WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ARRANGE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AS REGARDS GOVERNMENT TUNNELS, THE FLOODING HAS AFFECTED THE TSEUNG KWAN O, AIRPORT AND LION ROCK TUNNELS WHICH WERE PARTIALLY CLOSED IN THE MORNING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID RESUMED NORMAL BEFORE NOON.
TRAFFIC SITUATION AT THESE TUNNELS HAD
MTR SERVICES BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND CENTRAL WERE ALSO AFFECTED IN THE MORNING AND FREQUENCY WAS REDUCED TO A FIVE-MINUTE INTERVAL. NORMAL SERVICE HAS RESUMED IN THE AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE, TRAM SERVICE WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY FLOODING POWER FAILURES WITH SERVICES AT HAPPY VALLEY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THE MORNING. NORMAL SERVICE HAS RESUMED AT 11.45 AM.
AND IN
THE HEAVY RAIN HAD BADLY AFFECTED THE BUS SERVICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND. THE WORST-HIT AREA WAS ON POKFULAM ROAD AND VICTORIA ROAD WHERE ROAD CLOSURES HAD LED TO THE SUSPENSION OF NINE CMB ROUTES. THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF BUS DIVERSIONS OPERATING THROUGH ABERDEEN TUNNEL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TO MAKE UP FOR THE SUSPENDED SERVICES, CMB HAD STRENGTHENED EIGHT OTHER ROUTES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
ROAD HAD ALSO TWO
IN KOWLOON, THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF PRINCESS MARGARET BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODING AND A BROKEN-DOWN CAR. NORTHBOUND LANES OF FERRY STREET NEAR WATERLOO ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME.
AS A RESULT OF CONGESTION, FLOODING AND LANDSLIP, BUS SERVICES WERE GENERALLY RUNNING AT LESS THAN NORMAL FREQENCIES.
NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS HAD BEEN REPORTED ON KOR AND LRT
SERVICES.
AFTER THE GOVERNMENT GAVE ADVICE FOR THE STAGGERED RELEASE OF EMPLOYEES IN THE AFTERNOON, THE DEPARTMENT HAD REQUESTED ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SERVICES то CATER FOR THE EVENING PEAK-HOUR TRAVELLERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD LIAISE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT'S INCLUDING THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT TONIGHT TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC SITUATION BEFORE GIVING ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC EARLY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.
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