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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1987

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PUBLIC FORUM ON GREEN PAPER FOR WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS

A PUBLIC FORUM ON THE GREEN PAPER ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ORGANISED BY THE LOWER WONG TAI SIN AREA COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

IT WILL START AT 8 PM AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE DOCUMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, MR HO SAI-CHU AND MR LEE YU-TAI WILL SPEAK AT THE FORUM.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PUBLIC FORUM ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 8 PM AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 104, CHING TAK STREET, LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE.

NORTH DB MEMBERS VISIT LION ROCK TUNNEL

MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE LION ROCK TUNNEL TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ITS OPERATIONS.

LED BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG KWOK-YUNG, AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, THE PARTY FIRST WENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WAS BRIEFED BY TUNNEL STAFF ON ITS OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.

THEY THEN WENT TO THE CONTROL ROOM TO SEE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE TUNNEL.

AFTER LOOKING AT THE VENTILATION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS IN THE CONTROL ROOM, MEMBERS ALSO WATCHED TUNNEL STAFF PERFORMING TOLL COLLECTION DUTIES AT ITS 13 TOLL BOOTHS.

TODAY'S TOUR WAS PART OF A FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF VARIOUS TRAFFIC TRANSPORT AGENCIES.

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