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MAY 8, 1982

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APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

AND CROWN SOLICITOR *****

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE PROMOTION OF MR M. LUCAS, Q.C. AND MR J.F. MATHEWS TO LAW OFFICERS.

MR LUCAS WILL FILL THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS IN PLACE OF MR D.R. BOY, Q.C. WHO PROCEEDED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE RECENTLY.

MR LUCAS, WHO IS 46 YEARS OF AGE, JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST 1964 AS A CROWN COUNSEL AFTER FIVE YEARS PRIVATE PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT MR LUCAS HAS SERVED IN THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS. HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.

MR MATHEWS WILL FILL THE POST OF CROWN SOLICITOR IN PLACE OF MR F.T.M. JONES WHO LEFT THE SERVICE LAST MONTH ON COMPLETION OF AGREEMENT.

MR MATHEWS IS 40 YEARS OF AGE. FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS PRIVATE PRACTICE IN LONDON HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN FEBRUARY 1968 AS A CROWN COUNSEL. AFTER SPECIALISING IN LAW DRAFTING FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND BEING PROMOTED TO DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN APRIL 1977 HE TOOK UP THE DUTIES AS DEPUTY CROWN SOLICITOR IN FEBRUARY 1981. HE HAS ACTED AS CROWN SOLICITOR.

NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG

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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (MAY 10) IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.

THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF SAI LAU KOK ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH MEI WAN STREET WILL BE OPEN TO BUSES ONLY,

TO THE EAST OF THIS SECTION, THE LANE WILL BE A 24-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY WHERE NO VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS.

THIS APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE LANE AS WELL.

CLEARWAY RESTRICTION WILL ALSO BE IMPOSED ON THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF SAI LAU KOK ROAD NEAR CHUNG ON STREET BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM DAILY.

IN ADDITION, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER MEI WAN STREET AND THE APPROACH ROADS FROM KWAI FOO ROAD, KWAI FUK ROAD AND HING FONG ROAD TO MTR STATIONS IN KWAI FONG AND KWAI HING.

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