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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1978

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE GOES ON LEAVE

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL GO ON LEAVE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS STARTING FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

DURING HIS ABSENCE, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, WILL BE THE ACTING DIRECTOR.

MR. LEE WILL BE BACK AT WORK ON JUNE 5.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SEVERAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL COME INTO EFFECT IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (MAY 19) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS.

IN MONG KOK, TUNG CHOI STREET BETWEEN PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND NULLAH ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY SOUTH BOUND.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE NORTHERN SECTION OF NULLAH ROAD BETWEEN TUNG CHOI STREET AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY SOUTHWEST BOUND, AND THE SECTION OF SA! YEUNG CHOI STREET AT ITS JUNCTION WITH NULLAH ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO WAY TRAFFIC TO ONE WAY SOUTH BOUND.

IN NGAU TAU KOK DISTRICT THE EXISTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS RESTRICTED ZONE IN NGAU TAU KOK ROAD BETWEEN TUNG MING STREET AND A POINT ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE WEST OF LUEN ON STREET WILL BE EXTENDED WESTWARD TO A POINT ABOUT 380 FEET TO THE WEST OF LUEN ON STREET.

DAILY.

THE RESTRICTION WILL BE IMPOSED FROM 7 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARY WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ALL NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS:

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A POINT ON TUEN MUN ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH A SLIP ROAD LEADING TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT SHAM TSENG INTERCHANGE- AND

A POINT ON THE SLIP ROAD LEADING FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF TUEN MUN ROAD AT SHAM TSENG INTERCHANGE.

THE EFFECT OF THE PROHIBITION IS TO EXCLUDE THE TAXIS FROM THE SECTION OF TUEN MUN ROAD SOUTH OF SHAM TSENG INTERCHANGE.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN ALL THESE AREAS TO INDICATE THE RESTRICTIONS AND ASSIST MOTORISTS.

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