XN000022-1979-06-01 — Page 6

FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1979

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NO ENTRY FOR LEARNER DRIVERS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY, LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING AND PRACTISING ON CALDECOTT ROAD.

AND FROM 10 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY, LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING BOTH THE TWO ACCESS POINTS TO THE UN-NAMED ROAD SURROUNDING THE HONG KONG STADIUM AND THE STADIUM PATH NEAR THE JUNCTION OF EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD AND CAROLINE HILL ROAD.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

PLEASURE CRAFT OPERATORS URGED TO USE BLAKE PIER

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OWNERS, COXSWAINS AND OPERATORS OF LOCAL CRAFT TODAY (FRIDAY) WERE ADVISED TO USE BLAKE PIER TO EASE CONGESTION AND AVOID EXCESSIVE WAITING TIME AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AND QUEEN'S PIER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID HEAVY CONGESTION HAD BEEN OBSERVED DURING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS AT THE TWO PIERS, ESPECIALLY FROM 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M. AND 3 P.M. TO 6 P.M. WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF PLEASURE LAUNCHES WERE WAITING TO EMBARK AND DISEMBARK PASSENGERS.

+THE L-SHAPED BLAKE PIER PROVIDES LANDING FACILITIES FOR BIGGER LAUNCHES AND GOOD PARKING FACILITIES IN THE VICINITY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IT HAD ALSO BEEN OBSERVED, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT, THAT THERE WAS A TENDENCY FOR ALL TYPES OF VESSELS TO NAVIGATE EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE VARIOUS PASSENGER AND VEHICULAR PIERS IN THE HARBOUR.

+THIS PRACTICE IS BOTH IMPRUDENT AND DANGEROUS, HE STRESSED.

+ALL PERSONS IN CHARGE OF SMALL VESSELS, WHETHER POWERED OR UNDER SAIL, ARE REQUIRED TO PASS THESE PIERS AT A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 300 FEET.

+SHIPMASTERS, PILOTS AND COXSWAINS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE ALL FERRY, GOVERNMENT" AND PUBLIC PIERS AS WIDE A BERTH AS IS COMMENSURATE WITH OTHER NAVIGATIONAL COMMITMENTS AND WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE PORT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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