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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981

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+IT IS GRATIFYING THAT OVER HALF OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO REPORTED CORRUPTION TO THE ICAC IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES.+

THE REPORT ALSO DESCRIBES THE STEADY PROGRESS MADE IN THE FIELD OF CORRUPTION PREVENTION AND THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE COMMISSION'S COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO IMPRESS UPON THE PUBLIC THE EVILS OF CORRUPTION AND ENLIST THEIR SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST IT.

MR LOBO PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS JOYCE SYMONS WHO STOOD DOWN FROM THE OPERATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE AFTER HAVING SERVED ON IT FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AND SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WHO RETIRED AFTER 32 YEARS' DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE, THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEARS AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE ICAC.

AIRPORT TUNNEL TO BE OPENED IN TWO STAGES ****

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, SAID TODAY THAT ONE TUBE OF THE TUNNEL UNDER THE AIRPORT WOULD BE OPENED TO TWO WAY TRAFFIC AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR TOGETHER WITH THE ROAD SYSTEM ON KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JOYCE BENNETT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR STEAN SAID: THERE SHOULD BE A VERY DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO AND FROM KWUN TONG WITH THE OPENING OF ONE TUBE OF THE TUNNEL.

+THE SECOND TUBE OF THE TUNNEL IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR WHEN THE UNDERGROUND SLIP ROAD FROM THE TUNNEL TO SUNG WONG TO ROAD AND THE AIRPORT WILL ALSO BE OPENED, HE ADDED.

+ONE GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE WITH WAI YIP STREET WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

MR STEAN SAID THAT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADS ON THE RECLAMATION AND THE FITTING OUT OF THE TUNNEL HAD BEEN DELAYED BY STAFF SHORTAGES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

BUT, HE SAID THAT THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN THE TUNNEL WAS AT PRESENT THE MOST CRITICAL PROBLEM AFFECTING THE DATE WHEN THE TUNNEL COULD OPEN.

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