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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1985

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SITES STUDIED

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MEMBERS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TODAY (THURSDAY) INSPECTED CHEUNG PEI SHAN ROAD TO FIND OUT POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG THE ROAD WHICH WILL FORM PART OF ROUTE 5, THE HIGHWAY THAT WILL LINK TSUEN WAN WITH SHA TIN,

THE FIELD VISIT, ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WAS TO PROVIDE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF DISCUSSING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CROSSINGS TO BE PROVIDED ALONG THE BUSY ROUTE.

OFFICIALS FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WERE ON HAND TO BRIEF PARTICIPANTS ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROSSINGS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ANGUS MIU, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING SAFE ROAD CROSSINGS ALONG THE SECTION OF THE ROAD NEAR CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE AND SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE.

+PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN IN NEARBY ESTATES AND SCHOOLS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN PLANNING LOCATIONS FOR THE CROSSINGS, HE SAID.

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM HOUSING ESTATES AND VILLAGERS WHO ARE DAILY USERS OF THE ROAD WERE ASKED FOR THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROVISION OF ROAD CROSSINGS.

MOSQUITO BREEDING LEADS TO FINES

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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS DURING THE CURRENT HOT AND HUMID SEASON.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID 13 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT AGAINST OFFENDERS LAST MONTH RESULTING IN TOTAL FINES OF MORE THAN $12 000. AMONG THE CASES, THE HIGHEST FINE WAS $1 500.

ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE. IT IS AN OFFENCE TO ALLOW THE BREEDING OF MOSQUITOES. OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.

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