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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1981

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POK FU LAM ROAD BUS-ONLY LANE

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BUS JOURNEY TIMES BETWEEN THE ABERDEEN-WAH FU AREA AND

CENTRAL DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CUT BY 10 TO 15 MINUTES WHEN THE POK FU LAM ROAD BUS-ONLY LANE IS INTRODUCED LATER THIS MONTH,

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER/TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, MR ALAN LUI, SAID THE TIME SAVED WAS SURE TO BE WELCOMED BY THE 12 000 PEOPLE CARRIED BY 160 BUSES BETWEEN THESE TWO CENTRES FROM 7 AM TO 9 AM EACH WEEK-DAY.

THE 1.2-KILOMETRE BUS-ONLY LANE WILL EXTEND NORTHWARDS ALONG

POK FU LAM ROAD BETWEEN BISNEY ROAD AND POKFIELD ROAD.

ONLY OMNIBUSES AND MAXICABS WILL BE PERMITTED TO USE THE LANE, WHICH WILL OPERATE FROM 7 AM TO 9 AM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.

MR LUI SAID WORKMEN WOULD BEGIN PUTTING DOWN ROAD MARK INGS FOR THE BUS-ONLY LANE TOMORROW (MONDAY).

+HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE EVENINGS TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO ROAD-USERS, HE SAID.

MR LUI SAID THE CENTRE LINE OF POK FU LAM ROAD WOULD BE OFFSET TO ALLOW NORTHBOUND VEHICLES TO QUEUE ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, THEREBY MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO FOR OTHER VEHICLES BUT PROVIDING PRIORITY TO BUSES.

+THE INTRODUCTION OF THE POK FU LAM ROAD BUS-ONLY LANE IS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S STATED AIM OF MOVING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN VEHICLES WHICH MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF THE LIMITED ROAD SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.

FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE POK FU LAM ROAD BUS-ONLY LANE WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.

SAFETY-AT-WORK TV QUIZ

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FOUR TEAMS HAVE SO FAR ADVANCED INTO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE CURRENT +SAFETY-AT-WORK+ TELEMATCH/QUIZ TELEVISION PROGRAMME IN WHICH 18 TEAMS FROM MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES ARE BATTLING EACH OTHER FOR THE GRAND PRIZE OF AN EIGHT-DAY, ALL-EXPENSES PAID HOLAY OF A LIFETIME IN BRITAIN.

THE FOUR TEAMS ARE FROM CHI LIK METAL AND PLASTIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, YANGTZEKIANG GARMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SONCA INDUSTRIES.

THEY WILL TAKE PART IN THE SEMI-FINAL LATER THIS MONTH, TOGETHER WITH THE WINNERS OF THE FIFTH AND SIXTH PRELIMINARIES WHICH WILL BE CONTESTED OVER THE CHINESE CHANNEL OF RTV IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

/vvī kam v Janisow

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