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SUNDAY, JANUARY

1983

5.

SURVEY TO DETERMINE POPULARITY OF ABERDEEN TUNNEL

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ROADSIDE INTERVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF MOTORISTS WILLING TO PAY EXTRA FOR A SPEEDIER JOURNEY BY USING THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EARLY IN THE WEEK.

+THIS INVESTIGATION CAN SHED LIGHT ON HOW PEOPLE VALUE THE IR TRAVELLING AND THE FINDINGS WILL ALSO HELP QUANTIFY THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GENERATED FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL IN MARCH LAST YEAR, A SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

+AS THE VALUE OF TIME PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE TRANSPORT PLANNING PROCESS AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRAFFIC INDUCED BY A NEW TOLL FACILITY IS VERY USEFUL FOR FUTURE TRANSPORT PLANNING, IT IS NECESSARY THAT AN INTERVIEW SURVEY BE CONDUCTED TO SOLICIT RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM USERS AND NON-USERS OF THE TUNNEL, HE STRESSED.

THE ROADSIDE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY (JANUARY 11 – 13) BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM AT THE APPROACHES TO ABERDEEN TUNNEL WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD, POK FU LAM ROAD AND TAI TAM ROAD.

DRIVERS SELECTED FOR INTERVIEWS WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN, DESTINATION AND PURPOSE OF THEIR TRIPS.

IN APPEALING TO MOTORISTS TO CO-OPERATE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: IN SO DOING, THEY WILL ASSIST TRANSPORT PLANNERS FORMULATE THE FUTURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF HONG KONG SO AS TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE ROAD USERS AND THE COMMUNITY.+

HONG KONG TAKING PART IN AVIATION TALKS ******

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES FROM SOME 40 COUNTRIES WILL MEET IN SINGAPORE FROM JANUARY 11 TO 29 TO PLAN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, A REGION WHICH HAS SEEN THE FASTEST GROWTH IN AIR TRAFFIC IN THE WORLD.

THE CONFERENCE, THE 2ND ASIA/PACIFIC REGIONAL AIR NAVIGATION MEETING, IS TO BE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION,

MR G.T. OLIVER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL HEAD A TEAM OF SIX OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, ACCOMPANIED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, FOR THIS MAJOR AERONAUTICAL CONFERENCE.

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