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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1975
TSIM SHA TSUI PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT SCHEMES MODIFIED
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THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS IN HANOI ROAD AND CORINJALL AVENUE IN TSIM SHA TSUI ARE TO DE MODIFIED FOLLOWING A REVIEU OF TUE SYSTEM.
FROM NEXT MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 1) THE SCHEME WILL DE ADJUSTED TO ALLOW TAXIS AID PUBLIC OQUIDUSES, INCLUDING TOURIST COACHES, TO ENTER THE PRECINCTS AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.
PRIVATE CARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE AREA AND GOODS VEHICLEO DELIVERING ON PICKING UP GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER ONLY DETULEN 7 P.M. AND 11 A.M. AS THEY ARE AT PRESENT.
THE REVIEW OF THE SCHEME WAS MADE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS FROM BUSINESSMEN THAT SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE TWO STREETS ARE SUFFERING LOSSES AND ALSO DECAUSE CERTAIN UNDESIRADLE FEATURES HAVE DECOME APPARENT.
REFERRING TO THE REPORTED DROP IN BUSINESS, A GOVERMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EXPERIENCE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD HAD SHOWN THAT AFTER AN INITIAL DECLINE, PRESUMABLY DECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO THE FEELING OF SHOPS WITIJUT CARS, DUGINESS WAS REVIVED AND, IN MANY CASES, IMPROVED AS SHOPPERS HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE THE EASE OF NOVÉMENT IN THE AREAS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT AS YET THERE HAS DEEN NO SIGN OF A RETURN TO THE LEVEL OF BUSINESS CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE SCHEME BEGAN AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT HAS DEEN DECIDED TO MODIFY THE SCHEME,
AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS ALSO BECOME APPARENT THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTHS HAVE TAKEN TO PLAYING FOOTBALL AND DADMINTON IN THE STREETS- SOME LONERING BY YOUNG PEOPLE HAS DEEN ODSERVED AND AT NIGHT THE BENCHES ARE SLEPT ON BY VAGRANTS. FLOWERS WHICH WERE PLACED IN CONCRETE DOXES THROUGHOUT THE AREA HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED, HE SAID,
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT PROGRESS OF THE EXPERIMENT UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE REVIEVED AGAIN DEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER,
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