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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1978

MTR TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN SHAM SHUI PO

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN SEVERAL STREETS IN SHAM SHUI PO AREA FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 17) IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.

FROM THAT DAY, URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE IMPOSED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. DAILY IN THE SECTIONS OF YU CHAU STREET, YEE KUK STREET AND HAI TAN STREET BETWEEN KWEI LIN STREET AND YEN CHOW STREET, AS WELL AS THE SECTION OF WONG CHUK STREET BETWEEN TAI NAN STREET AND YU CHAU STREET.

URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION WILL ALSO BE IN FORCE IN THE SECTION OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD BETWEEN TONK IN STREET AND A POINT 60 METRES WEST OF FAT TSEUNG STREET FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. DAILY.

FROM 7 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS IN A SECTION OF TUNG CHAU WEST STREET FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD EXTENDING 15 METRES NORTHWARDS.

MEANWHILE, CERTAIN TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE FOLLOWING STREETS:

* TAI NAN STREET BETWEEN SHEK KIP MEI STREET AND WONG CHUK

STREET WILL BE RE-ROUNTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND=

* KI LUNG STREET BETWEEN SHEK KIP MEI STREET AND WONG CHUK

STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND=

* KI LUNG STREET BETWEEN WONG CHUK STREET AND BOUNDARY STREET

WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND- AND

* THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN YEN CHOW STREET WILL BE PROHIBITED

FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO HAI TAN STREET.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM THE SAME TIME ON FRIDAY, THE LEARNER DRIVER PROHIBITION ON CAROLINE HILL ROAD BETWEEN EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD AND LEIGHTON ROAD IN CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE LIFTED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.

HOWEVER, LEARNER DRIVERS WILL STILL BE RESTRICTED FROM ENTERING COTTON PATH.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THESE AREAS TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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