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SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1984

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(C) REQUIREMENT THAT CYCLISTS SHOULD RIDE SINGLE FILE UNLESS WHEN THEY ARE OVERTAKING, AND A BAN ON A BICYCLE PILLION RIDER,

(D)

(E)

REQUIREMENT FOR DRIVING LIGHTS DURING POOR

VISIBILITY, AND

RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS

WHEN A VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

CONTRAVENTION OF (A) TO (C) IS PUNISHABLE BY $2 000 FINE, WHILE A BREAK OF (D) AND (E) COULD INCUR A FINE OF UP TO $5 000 OR THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE EFFECTS OF THE NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS WILL BE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SETS OF TRAFFIC SIGNS WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED ON THE SYMBOLIC PRINCIPLE ELIMINATING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WORDS AND CHARACTERS, AND WHERE WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS OR SPEEDS ARE NECESSARY, ONLY METRIC UNITS ARE ÉMPLOYED.

ALTOGETHER THERE WILL BE 156 SIGNS, 66 OF WHICH WILL BE COMPLETELY NEW TO HONG KONG'S ROADS. THERE WILL ALSO BE 38 ROAD MARKINGS WITH 15 NEW ONES.

SPEED LIMIT SIGNS WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE CHANGED FROM 30 MPH TO 50 KM/H AND 40 MPH TO 70 KM/H. OTHER SIGNS WILL BE PHASED IN TO REPLACE EXISTING ONES.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, DOUBLE YELLOW LINES WILL INDICATE WHERE STOPPING IS COMPLETELY PROHIBITED AND SINGLE YELLOW LINES WILL INDICATE RESTRICTION ON STOPPING.

NOISE HAZARD IN TEXTILES INDUSTRY ****

EMPLOYERS IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY WERE URGED TODAY (SUNDAY) TO TAKE MORE POSITIVE STEPS TO PROTECT THE IR WORKERS FROM THE HAZARD OF INDUSTRIAL NOISE.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION, FOLLOWING A RECENT SURVEY ON NOISE CONDUCTED BY THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT THE SOUND LEVEL RECORDED IN SOME WEAVING SHEDS WAS AS HIGH AS 104 DB(A) (A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL

IN UNITS OF DECIBELS), COMPARED WITH THE LEGAL LIMIT OF 90 DB(A) FOR EIGHT HOURS OF EXPOSURE.

/PROLONGED EXPOSURE