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Monday, June 25, 1973

Information on traffic conditions measured by buried cables in the

road will be fed back to the computer which will then make changes to the

traffic signals to help the flow of traffic.

Additionally, information on traffic congestion will be fed to the

Traffic Police who will be able to take immediate action to clear traffic

jans due to accidents and other conditions.

It is also hoped that the system can be used by the Fire Services

to select fire routes whereby the computer will automatically influence the

traffic signal in favour of fire engines on their way to a fire.

The scheme for West Kowloon will cost about $10 million and should

be fully operational by 1976.

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