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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1979

KCR DOUBLE TRACKING

PUBLIC WARNED TO BE CAREFUL ******

THE FIRST SECTION OF DOUBLE TRACKING RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLON AND SHA TIN WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN MARCH AND THIS WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO PEOPLE USING THE TRACKS AS A FOOTPATH.

ISSUING THIS WARNING TODAY (MONDAY) THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, MR. D.M. HOWES SAID THAT WITH DOUBLE TRACKING TRAINS WILL BE PASSING IN EACH DIRECTION AT THE SAME TIME BETWEEN THESE POINTS COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION WITH A SINGLE LINE.

+BEGINNING FROM MARCH THE SITUATION IN THIS SECTION OF RAILWAY WILL BE MORE HAZARDOUS, MR. HOWES SAID.

+PEOPLE USING THE TRACKS AS A FOOTPATH WILL FACE INCREASED RISK OF BEING HIT BY TRAINS. THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO PEOPLE WHO BEHAVE IRRESPONSIBLY ON TRAINS OR AT STATIONS, HE ADDED.

MR. HOWES URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL CHILDREN, TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. THEY SHOULD NOT USE THE RAILWAY AS A FOOTPATH AND, AT ALL TIMES, SHOULD EXERCISE GREAT VIGILANCE.

+THEY SHOULD AT NO TIME WALK BETWEEN THE RAILWAYS,+ HE ADDED.

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