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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979

TSING YI VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE UP HOLIDAY FOR GOOD CAUSE

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DESPITE THE WET WEATHER, A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE SPREADING THE FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE TO CHING MING FESTIVAL GRAVE SWEEPERS ON THURSDAY ON TSING YI ISLAND.

THE VOLUNTEERS, FROM THE TSING YI PUBLIC SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, WILL GIVE UP THEIR HOLIDAY TO PUT UP FIRE PREVENTION POSTERS AND ADVISE GRAVE SWEEPERS ON FIRE RISKS.

+THE WAY IN WHICH THESE ISLANDERS GIVE UP THEIR HOLIDAY REFLECTS THE GROWING AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF FIRE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+ IT IS ALSO GRATIFYING TO SEE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMING FORWARD TO HELP SPREAD THE FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE, HE SAID.

+WHAT THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING IS HIGHLY COMMENDABLE,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE FIRE WATCH TEAM, COMPRISING THREE GROUPS, WILL BE ON DUTY FROM 8.30 A.M. TO 4.30 P.M. ON THE ISLAND.

TWO-WAY TRAFFIC

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE UNNAMED ROAD ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONTAGE OF THE PETROL FILLING STATION ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR THE SIX MILESTONE WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NORTHWEST-BOUND TO TWO-WAY FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAI WO TSUEN INTERCHANGE WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN MID-1980.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.