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Rock Hill Street Extension
Belcher Bay Link to Western Harbour Crossing
Victoria Road/Pok Fu Lam Road junction widening and signalisation
Victoria Road/Cadogan Street junction widening
Improvements to Victoria Road between Sandy Bay Road and Mount Davis Road.
All these projects should bring improvement to traffic flow to and from the Southern District.
Also under planning are further improvements to Victoria Road between Sassoon Road and Pok Fu Lam Road and a flyover at the Pok Fu Lam Road/Sassoon Road junction. These projects are scheduled for
completion by the year 2000.
Measures to prevent suicide in police force
Following is a question by the Hon Selina Chow and a written reply by the Secretary for Security, Mr Peter Lai, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is reported that a total of five police officers have committed suicide last year, with three cases taking place in December alone. The number of such suicide cases in 1995, as compared with that in 1993 and 1994 which stood at one and three respectively, represents an increase of 400% and 60% respectively. This has aroused concern among the public as well as within the Police Force. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(a) of the respective number of police officers who have committed and
who have attempted to commit suicide in each of the past three years;