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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1976

DURING THE TWO-PART SEMINAR WHICH LASTED FROM JANUARY 26 UNTIL FEBRUARY 12, MISS YUEN ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING WHAT SINGAPORE AND INDONESIA ARE DOING TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

+OBVIOUSLY I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SINGAPORE'S AREA LICENSING SCHEME WHICH LIMITS PRIVATE CARS GOING INTO THE CITY CENTRE DURING/ PEAK HOURS, AND ALSO THE 'REVERSIBLE LANES WHICH LEAD INTO THE CITY IN THE MORNING RUSH-HOURS BUT IN THE EVENING ARE REVERSED SO AS TO LEAD THE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE CITY.+

THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE DELEGATES AT THE SEMINAR WERE THE SETTING UP OF AN INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE ASIAN REGION, AND THE ORGANISATION OF TRAINING COURSES FOR TRAFFIC PERSONNEL.

STREET DIVERSIONS IN YAUMATI AND MONGKOK

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A NUMBER OF STREETS IN YAUMATI AND MONGKOK WILL BE CLOSED AT THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR JUNCTIONS WITH SHANGHAI STREET TO RESTRICT VARIOUS TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS IN AND OUT OF SHANGHAI STREET AND OTHER ADJACENT STREETS IN PREPARATION FOR THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE METRO STATIONS IN NATHAN ROAD,

THE STREETS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ARRAN STREET, BUTE STREET, FIFE STREET, NELSON STREET, SOY STREET, HAMILTON STREET, PITT STREET, SHEK LÚNG STREET, MAN MING LANE, HI LUNG LANE AND WING SING LANĚ. THEY WILL BE CLOSED FROM 10 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 25, 1976.

AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE STREET CLOSURES, ARRAN STREET BETWEEN CANTON ROAD AND RECLAMATION STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONEWAY EAST- BOUND.

THE STRAIGHT AHEAD MOVEMENT AND THE RIGHT TURN MOVEMENT FROM SHANGHAI STREET SOUTHBOUND ACROSS WATERLOO ROAD AND INTO WATERLOO ROAD WESTBOUND RESPECTIVELY, WILL BE PROHIBITED.

ALL TRAFFIC FROM THIS APPROACH WILL BE REQUIRED TO TURN LEFT INTO WATERLOO ROAD EASTBOUND.

MOTORISTS ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THE RESTRICTIONS AT THE JUNCTION OF SHANGHAI STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD AND THEIR EFFECT ON THROUGH TRAFFIC USING SHANGHAI STREET.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE THE ALTERNATIVE SOUTHBOUND THROUGH ROUTE, NAMELY TONG MI ROAD AND FERRY STREET.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.