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+TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, CONSULTANTS TO THE JOCKEY CLUB WERE PROPOSING A SYSTEM WHICH WOULD OPERATE AT A HIGHER SPEED AND WITH MORE PASSENGERS PER CABIN THAN ANY OTHER MONOCABLE PASSENGER ROPEWAY APPROVED BY ANY NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL ROPEWAY AUTHORITY IN THE WORLD, + MR OSBORNE SAID.

TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, AN ORDER-IN-COUNCIL WAS ISSUED IN 1976 NAMING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AS THE HONG KONG SAFETY AUTHORITY. THIS ENSURED SOME DEGREE OF CONTROL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING STAGES OF THE PROJECT, PENDING THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF ITS OPERATION.

APART FROM A FEW MINOR HICCUPS, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDED IN A NORMAL MANNER, WITH UNIT TESTING BEING UNDERTAKEN ON ALL PARTS AS THEY WERE COMPLETED.

+THE ROPEWAY AT OCEAN PARK HAS ALSO PLAYED ITS PART IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ROPEWAY TECHNOLOGY. HAVING PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THAT ROPEWAYS COULD BE OPERATED AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WITH GREATER LOADING THAN PREVIOUSLY HAS LED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROPEWAYS THAT NOW EXCEED THE 'STATE OF THE ART' THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AT OCEAN PARK, + HE SAID.

EASTERN VOTER DRIVE A SUCCESS' ***

MORE THAN 52 000 PEOPLE IN EASTERN DISTRICT REGISTERED AS VOTERS DURING THE SIX-WEEK CAMPAIGN, BOOSTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO ABOUT 150 000.

+THIS REPRESENTS NEARLY 60 PER CENT OF THE POTENTIAL ELECTORATE IN THE DISTRICT+, SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN.

+THE RESULTS ARE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY AND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE CO-OPERATION AND EFFORTS OF EVERYONE CONCERNED+, HE SAID.

MR LUI PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF AND VARIOUS OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN HELPING TO MAKE THE CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.

+THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION+, MR LUI SAID.

MR LUI ALSO SAID HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THERE WILL BE

A HIGH TURNOUT IN EASTERN DISTRICT DURING NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN MARCH,

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