TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1974.
ANOTHER BOX JUNCTION IN CENTRAL ******
A BOX JUNCTION WILL BE INTRODUCED ON FRIDAY AT THE TWO BUSY INTERSECTIONS OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL-QUEEN VICTORIA STREET AND DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL-JUBILEE STREET IN CENTRAL DISTRICT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK HOURS.
SEVERAL OTHER BOX JUNCTIONS ARE ALREADY IN OPERATION ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG. THEY ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BY YELLOW CRISS-CROSS MARKINGS ON THE ROAD SURFACE AND APPROPRIATE WARNING SIGNS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY THAT, WHEN A BOX JUNCTION IS CREATED, IT WOULD BE AN OFFENCE FOR A MOTORIST TO DRIVE-INTO THE MARKED AREA UNLESS HE CAN IMMEDIATELY CLEAR THE ENTIRE JUNCTION,
IF HIS EXIT FROM THE JUNCTION IS BLOCKED, THEN THE MOTORIST MUST WAIT EVEN IF THE GREEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS SHOWING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: THE OBJECT IS TO PREVENT ROAD JUNCTIONS BEING BLOCKED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY VEHICLES WHICH CANNOT GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTIONS DURING A GREEN PHASE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHICH CONTROL TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE JUNCTIONS.+
MORE BOX' JUNCTIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT OTHER ROAD INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
SHEUNG SHUI SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT
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THE FANCING SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL BE MOVING TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY) TO SHEUNG SHUI AND WILL BE RE-NAMED THE SHEUNG SHUI SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT.
ITS NEW ADDRESS WILL BE NO. 170, JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, GROUND FLOOR, SHEUNG SHUI.
THE SHEUNG SHUI FIELD UNIT WILL HANDLE CASES FROM SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, TAKULING, SHA TAU KOK, KAT O AND AP CHAU. ITS NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS WILL BE 12-907304 FOR THE SUPERVISOR, AND 12-907304 AND 12-907449 FOR CASEWORKERS.
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