XN000022-1982-05-24 — Page 10

MONDAY, MAY 24, 1982

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT IN ABERDEEN

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NEW MEASURES TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN ABERDEEN WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 26).

SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES TRAVELLING ALONG ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT INTO ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.

FOLLOWING THIS ARRANGEMENT, CMB ROUTES 95 AND 76 COMING DOWN ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD DIRECT INSTEAD OF LOK YEUNG STREET, CHENGTU ROAD AND WU NAM STREET.

BUS STOPS FOR THESE TWO ROUTES WILL BE REPROVIDED ON ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.

NIGHT CLOSURE OF SALISBURY ROAD

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THE WESTBOUND SECTION OF SALISBURY ROAD BETWEEN MODY LANE AND CHATHAM ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM FROM WEDNESDAY (MAY 26).

THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBRIDGE.

DURING THE CLOSURE, VEHICLES ALONG SALISBURY ROAD

HEADING FOR CHATHAM ROAD SOUTH WILL BE DIVERTED VIA MODY LANE AND MODY ROAD, WHILE THOSE HEADING FOR TSIM SHA TSUI SOUTH MAY USE MODY LANE, MODY ROAD, SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD, GRANVILLE ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD SOUTH.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRAFFIC ON MODY LANE SOUTHBOUND HEADING FOR TSIM SHA TSUI SOUTH WILL BE DIVERTED TO SALISBURY ROAD EASTBOUND, SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD, GRANVILLE ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD SOUTH.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 39.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 226.843 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUIVALENT TO 170 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVIORS CONTAINED 228.557 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 39.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.