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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1937

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DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISIT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE HONG KONG FUTURES EXCHANGE AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING TO SEE OPERATIONS AT THE TWO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

LED. BY BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, AND ACCOMPANIED BY RISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, THE PARTY FIRST WENT TO THE TUTUNE'S EXCHANGE AT NEW WORLD TOWER IN CENTRAL WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE CHA IRMAN, MR KIM CHAM, AND BRIEFED BY THE MARKET OFFICER, MR ADRIAN WONG,

THE PARTY THEN WENT TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE AT EXCHANGE SQUARE. THE WERE RECEIVED BY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR CHAM SIU-LEUN, AND THE INTERNATIONAL AND CORPORATION AFFAIRS OFFICER, MISS HELEN TSE.

THEY TOURED THE OFFICE AND LEARNED ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS AND VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

TODAY'S TOUR WAS PART OF A FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK AND OPERATIONS OF MAJOR ORGANISATIONS IN THE TERRITORY.

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DB MEMBERS LOOK AT TRAFFIC PROBLEM SPOTS

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MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE SUGGESTIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN,

COMMITTEE MEMBERS RECENTLY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUILD MORE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS FOR THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE TWO AREAS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN CHI-KWAN, ASSISTANT KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHEN CHIEH, AND AN ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR MA MAN-LEUNG, THEY FIRST WENT TO THE HUNG HOM FERRY PIER WHERE TWO NEARBY STREETS -- WINSLOW STREET UNDERPASS AND HUNG HOM WAN STREET WERE RECENTLY OPENED TO TRAFFIC.

MR CHAN TOLD MEMBERS THAT TRAFFIC HAD BEEN IMPROVED SINCE THE OPENING OF THE TWO STREETS.

HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOT ALL MOTORISTS WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW ROADS AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD BE SETTING UP ROAD SIGNS AT THE JUNCTIONS OF BULKELEY STREET-PO LOI STREET AND WINSLOW STREET-GILLIES AVENUE TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

THE NEW ROAD LINKS WOULD HELP IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW TO TSIM SHA TSUI, HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON EAST.

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