XN000022-1985-03-30 — Page 5

TURDAY, MARCH 30, 1985

+ VIEW OF THE FAVOURALLE RECEPTION AND TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON AIDS, ARRANGEMENTS WERE THEN MADE TO INSTALL A SECOND "HOTLINE' WITH A HUNTING-LINE' SERVICE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THIS HUNTING LINE SERVICE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT FIVE CALLERS SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT CALLERS WILL ONLY HAVE TO DIAL CNE NUMBER.

A FIVE-MINUTE RECORDED PROGRAMME, OFFER CALLERS A GENERAL PICTURE OF AIDS, IT MODES OF TRANSMISSION, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF AIDS PATIENTS.

TUNNEL TOLLS UP FROM APRIL 1

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT FROM APRIL 1, TOLL CHARGES FOR LION ROCK AND ABERDEEN TUNNELS WILL GO UP FROM $2 TO $3, AS ANNOUNCED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON BUDGET DAY (FEBRUARY 27).

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A SPOKESMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM APRIL 1, FOUR TOLL BOOTHS AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL WILL ACCEPT +EXACT TOLLS+, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE TOLL BOOTHS.

THERE WILL BE 10 TOLL BOOTHS OPERATING DURING PEAK HOURS, FOUR OF WHICH WILL NOT GIVE ANY CHANGE, TWO SUCH BOOTHS WILL SERVE NEW TERRITORIES BOUND TRAFFIC, AND TWO WILL SERVE KOWLOON BOUND VEHICLES.

MEANWHILE WORK IS CONTINUING TO ADD TWO MORE TOLL BOOTHS FOR THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, TO BRING THE NUMBER TO 12 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.