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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1977

A SELECTED RANGE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM A WIDE NETWORK OF SALES OUTLETS, INCLUDING LEADING BOOKSHOPS, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW

TERRITORIES.

+WE REGARD THE VARIOUS OUTLETS AS AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF OUR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AS THEY ENABLE PEOPLE TO OBTAIN PUBLICATIONS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE A SPECIAL JOURNEY TO THE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE+, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

+WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS TO ESTABLISH

A NEW PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN KOWLOON BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION THERE, BUT TO DO THAT FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT WHICH, OF COURSE, HAS MANY OTHER PRIORITIES TO CONSIDER,+

HOWEVER, THE SUCCESS OF THE PRESENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE WOULD NO DOUBT BE ONE OF THE PLUS FACTORS WHICH WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN FUTURE EXPANSION OF SALES FACILITIES WAS CONSIDERED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN MONG KOK AND NT

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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER, PUI CHING ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 8) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS.

IN PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER, NORTH-BOUND VEHICLES WITH LADEN WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TWO TONS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE FLYOVER THERE AND NO CARS WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM PUI CHING ROAD INTO PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD THROUGH THE SLIP ROAD AT HO MAN TIN.

AT THE SAME TIME KMB ROUTE 7B WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE ON OUTWARD JOURNEY VIA FAT KWONG STREET, PUI CHING ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD INSTEAD OF NORTH-BOUND ALONG PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER.

IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, THE EXISTING 30 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT ZONE ALONG THE SECTION THROUGH KWU TUNG VILLAGE WILL BE EXTENDED BY 2,820 FEET EASTWARDS TO KAM TSIN VILLAGE.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.