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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1978
STANDARDISING TRAFFIC SIGNS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY PROGRESSIVELY IMPROVING AND STANDARDISING THE DESIGN AND SIZE OF TRAFFIC SIGNS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY(WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WONG LAM, MR. JONES SAID THAT EVENTUALLY ALL TRAFFIC SIGNS IN HONG KONG WOULD ACCORD WITH THE NEW INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS LAID DOWN IN THE 1968 UNITED NATIONS VIENNA CONVENTION ON ROADS AND SIGNS.
+MOST OF THESE SIGNS ARE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEIR MEANING CAN BE EASILY AND QUICKLY RECOGNISED FROM THE SYMBOLS ON THEM AND, WHERE THE USE OF WORDS AND CHARACTERS IS UNAVOIDABLE, THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT TO THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, + MR. JONES SAID.
+THE SIZES OF THE SIGNS ARE DETERMINED BY THE OPERATING SPEEDS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADS WHERE THEY ARE PLACED, SO THAT THE SIGNS CAN BE EASILY SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD BY DRIVERS AND ACTED UPON IN GOOD TIME, HE ADDED.
MR. JONES POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE EXISTING ROAD TRAFFIC (ROADS AND SIGNS) REGULATIONS THERE ARE TWO SCHEDULES OF TRAFFIC SIGNS.
THE FIRST COVERS THE OLD FASHIONED U.K. SIGNS WHICH ARE BEING PHASED OUT AND THE SECOND COMPRISES THE SET OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SIGNS WHICH ARE GRADUALLY BEING INTRODUCED AND ARE INSTALLED AT ALL NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HE SAID.
SHA TIN RACE DAY TRAFFIC
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THE RACE DAY TRAFFIC SITUATION IN SHA TIN IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND IF CONDITIONS DO DETERIORATE LATER, FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO EASE THE FLOW, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON. CHARLES YEUNG, THE HON. DEREK JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SAID, DESPITE AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE SINCE THE COURSE WAS OPENED, THERE HAVE BEEN NO TRAFFIC HOLD-UPS AT ANY OF THE ROAD JUNCTIONS IN SHA TIN RACE DAYS.
+ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY YET TO DRAW FIRM CONCLUSIONS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TRAVELLING THROUGH SHA TIN ON RACE DAYS ARE SATISFACTORY.+
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