WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1974.
SUMMER TIME ENDS ON OCTOBER 20
SUMMER TIME IN HONG KONG WILL OFFICIALLY END AT 3.30 A.M. ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 20).
RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT BEFORE GOING TO BED ON OCTOBER 19 (SATURDAY), THEY SHOULD NOT FORGET TO PUT THEIR CLOCKS AND WATCHES BACK ONE HOUR.
THIS YEAR SUMMER TIME WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER AS ONE OF THE MEASURES TO SAVE ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN ANTICIPATION OF REDUCED SUPPLIES OF FUEL OIL, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE OIL CRISIS. HOWEVER, THE EMERGENCY (SUMMER TINE) REGULATIONS 1973 UNDER WHICH EARLY SUMMER TIME VAS INTRODUCED, HAVE SINCE DEEN REVOKED, AND SUMMER TIME IS AGAIN REGULATED BY THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE.
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN CENTRAL
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT TEMPORARY TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED FOR TWO NIGHTS IN HARCOURT ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTER IDGE ACROSS THE ROAD OUTSIDE FURAMA HOTEL.
FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COCTOBER 12 AND 13), THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER AND THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF HARCOURT ROAD BETWEEN THE CITY HALL MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND HMS TAMAR WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC.
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE RE- ROUTED VIA EDINBURGH PLACE AT THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO HMS TAMAR AND RE-ENTER HARCOURT ROAD THROUGH A SLIP ROAD.
WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL GO THROUGH A SLIP ROAD UNDER THE COTTON TREE DRIVE FLYOVER AND RE-ENTER HARCOURT ROAD BY WAY OF A SLIP ROAD OUTSIDE FURAMA HOTEL.
MEANWHILE, STARTING FROM OCTOBER 13, THE WHOLE LENGTH OF KAU U FONG IN CENTRAL WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EVERY SUNDAY BETWEEN 3 P.M. AND 6 P.M. AS KAU U FONG WILL BE USED AS A PLAY STREET DURING THESE HOURS.
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO PARK THE IR CARS IN KAU U FONG AT THE TIMES SPECIFIED.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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