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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1984

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NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE FOR CENTRAL

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COMPUTER ISED TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO OPERATE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS BY LATE 1986, A GROUP OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD TODAY DURING A VISIT TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE IN NATHAN ROAD,

THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, IN WHICH COMPUTERISED SIGNALS COPE AUTOMATICALLY WITH DAILY CHANGES IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW, NOW COVERS 220 JUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE KOWLOON PENINSULA AND 67 JUNCTIONS ON THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND,

MR R.G. SIMPSON, TRAFFIC CONTROL ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT A NEW CONTROL CENTRE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT HARBOUR BUILDING IN CENTRAL TO FACILITATE THE SCHEME'S EXTENSION.

TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WHEN THE NEW FACILITIES BEGIN OPERATION, HE SAID.

THE VISITING GROUP COMPRISED SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD, HEADED BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR VINCENT KO.

ALL ABOUT SAFETY AT WORK

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION AND THE SOUND-ON-SLIDE SHOW +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, WILL BE OPENED IN THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, NEW WORLD CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 3 PM.

PROFESSOR P.C. LEUNG, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATIC SURGERY, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND DR J.W. HAYES, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.

ATHLETES TO RACE AND WALK ON ISLAND CORRIDOR

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ABOUT 3 000 ATHLETES WILL TAKE PART IN A RACE AND A WALKATHON ALONG A SECTION OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE EVENT WILL START AT 2 PM AND WILL MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE CORRIDOR'S CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAI KOO SHING SECTION.

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