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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1975

WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD ACCIDENT RATE NOT HIGH

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ONLY ONE ACCIDENT INVOLVING ONE INJURY HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR AT VONG NEI CHUNG ROAD NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH SPORTS ROAD, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO FATALITY AT THIS LOCATION SINCE 1973.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES RODSON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. OSVALD CIEUNG.

IN 1973, HE SAID, THERE WERE ONLY TWO ACCIDENTS EACH INVOLVING A SLIGHT INJURY, WHILE THERE WERE SEVEN ACCIDENTS WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT INJURIES LAST YEAR.

+IN VIEW OF THE FAIRLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WHICH USES THIS ROAD, IT IS NOT THOUGHT THAT THE PRESENT ACCIDENT RATE IS UNDULY HIGH,→ HE SAID,

HOWEVER, HE ADDED, THE POLICE WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE THERE TO ENSURE THAT THE PRESENT TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS, SUCH AS SPEEDING, VERE OBSERVED BY MOTORISTS,

IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION, RAISED BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO, MR. ROUSON SAID THERE WAS NO SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO RELIEVE THE. SITUATION IN THE TRAFFIC CORRIDOR FROM QUEEN'S ROAD EAST TO REPUL JE DAY AND FROM HAPPY VALLEY THROUGH LLUE POOL ROAD TO WONG NEI CHUN; CAP AT CÓMMUTING TIMES AND WEEKENDS,

+HOWEVER, IT IS HOPED THAT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, THE PROPOSED ÅDERDEEN TUNNEL WILL BECOME THE MAJOR ROAD LINK LETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES OF THE ISLAND, THUS RELIEVING THE WONG NET CHUNG GAP ROUTE,+ HE ADDED,

SIX BILLS COMPLETE PASSAGE THROUGH LEGCO

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SIX BILLS COMPLETED THEIR PASSAGE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THEY WERE: THE PUBLIC OMNIDUS SERVICES BILL, THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS BILL, THE SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) DILL, THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SITES) (AMENDMENT) LILL, ME PULLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (HONG KONG ISLAND) (AMENDMENT BILL, AND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (KOWLOON AND NEW TERRÍTOKKIES) (AMELIDMENT) BILL.

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