THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981
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TABLE 2: COMPARISON OF THE MOVEMENT OF NEW AND OLD CPI'S
OLD* CPI'S
NEW CPI'S
HANG SENG
HANG SENG
1980
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
CPI
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
CPI
ост.
106
106
107
106
106
107
NOV.
107
108
108
107
107
108
DEC.
108
108
109
108
108
108
1981
JAN.
110
110
110
110
110
109
FEB.
113
113
112
112
112
111
MAR.
115
114
114
113
113
113
*
THESE FIGURES ARE CALCULATED BY REBASING THE 1973/74 CPI IN THE PERIOD OCT. 1979 TO SEP. 1980. SO AS TO GIVE A ROUGH COMPARISON OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE 1973/74 AND 1979/80 CPI'S.
NORTH POINT TRAM RESERVE TO BE REOPENED SUNDAY
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THE TRAM RESERVE BETWEEN JAVA ROAD AND HING FAT STREET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW SHORT SECTIONS, WILL BE CANCELLED AS FROM 10 AM ON SUNDAY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE BUS ONLY LANES FROM QUARRY BAY TO HING FAT STREET IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WILL BE SHORTENED BY ONE HOUR DURING BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING RUSH HOURS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE CHANGES, AIMED AT IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW ON THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, ARE MADE ON THE ADVICE OF THE ISLAND CORRIDOR ACTION GROUP AND HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE DOUBLE WHITE LINES INDICATING THE TRAM RESERVE ARE BEING REPLACED BY LANE MARKINGS PERMITTING OTHER VEHICLES TO USE TRAFFIC LANES ON THE TRAM TRACKS.
+HOWEVER, ON GROUNDS OF ROAD SAFETY, SEVERAL SHORT SECTIONS OF THE TRAM RESERVE WILL BE RETAINED. THESE ARE MOSTLY LOCATED NEAR TRAM ISLANDS AND INDICATED BY LANE MARKINGS, HE SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE TRAM RESERVE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS ORIGINALLY AIMED AT PROVIDING AN ENHANCED TRAM SERVICE.
/HE WENT
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