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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974

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+AS FOR SMALLER ROCKS AND STONES ABOVE THE LOW WATER MARK, THE INFORMED ADVICE WE HAVE RECEIVED IS THAT THEIR REMOVAL MIGHT LEAD TO AN UNACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF SAND EROSION WHILE, IN ANY CASE, PAST EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT FRESH ITEMS ARE VERY QUICKLY WASHED UP IN PLACE OF THOSE LABORIOUSLY REMOVED.+

HE SAID THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AT THE LIDO END OF REPULSE BAY BEACH WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE GENERAL FACILITIES FOR BEACH-GOERS, WHILE, IN DUE COURSE, THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD HOPE TO TAKE IN HAND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SEAVIEW END OF THE BEACH.

MR. ALEXANDER ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT HIS STAFF WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ALL THEY COULD TO ENSURE THAT ANY INCONVENIENCE TO SWIMMERS FROM STONES OR ROCKS WOULD BE REDUCED TO THE MINIMUM INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ACCESS ROUTES TO THE SEA AND THE REMOVAL OF SMALL ROCKS AND STONE, PARTICULARLY FROM THE AREAS ABOVE THE HIGH WATER MARK COVERED WITH LOOSE STONES AND PEBBLES AND PROTRUDING ROCKS.

HE BELIEVED THAT THIS WOULD BE A MORE PRACTICAL PROPOSITION THAN +SANDING+, WHICH, IN ANY CASE, WAS UNLIKELY TO PREVENT AN ACCUMULATION OF ROCKS.

NEW EXPLANATORY BOOKLET ON TRAFFIC SIGNS SOON

A NEW HIGHWAY CODE WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR TO HELP MOTORISTS BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE VARIOUS ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS.

THE NEW CODE WILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL AUTHORISED TRAFFIC SIGNS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL DRIVERS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. LI FOOK-KOW, SAID TODAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, HE ADDED, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ARRANGE APPROPRIATE PUBLICITY BEFORE ANY NEW TYPES OF TRAFFIC SIGNS WERE INTRODUCED.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE HON. CHUNG SZE-YUEN, MR. LI DISCLOSED THAT NEW CHINESE VERSIONS FOR 13 OF THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS PUBLISHED LAST MONTH IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE WERE BEING PRODUCED TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE, HE SAID, THAT SOME OF THE NEW SIGNS MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR AND THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.

+IN THESE DISCUSSIONS EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO FIND THE MOST APPROPRIATE TERMS TO REFLECT THE INTENTION OF THE SIGN, AS WELL AS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, + HE SAID.

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