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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1987

ON COMPLAINTS CONCERNING FERRY SERVICES, 20 OF THEM WERE LEVELLED AT THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY, THREE AT THE STAR FERRY COMPANY AND ONE AT THE SOK KU WAN то ABERDEEN MINOR FERRY SERVICE.

THE MAIN AREAS OF COMPLAINT CONCERNED REGULARITY OF SERVICE, CANCELLATION OF FERRY ROUTES AND PASSENGER FACILITIES.

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COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION TOTALLED 290 CASES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 124 CASES IN KOWLOON, 71 CASES IN TERRITORIES AND 41 CASES IN TUNNEL AREAS.

54 CASES THE NEW

FACTORS CAUSING ROAD CONGESTION INCLUDED LOADING AND UNLOADING ACTIVITIES AT KERBSIDE, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MATTERS, INADEQUATE ROAD CAPACITY AND ROAD WORKS.

OF ALL CASES CONCERNING VEHICLE OBSTRUCTION CAUSING CONGESTION, 30 CASES (35 PER CENT) AND 25 CASES (29 PER CENT) WERE DIRECTED AT LORRIES AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES RESPECTIVELY.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES DROPPED FROM 95 TO 87. THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN WERE TRAFFIC LIGHT PHASING TRAFFIC LANE ARRANGEMENT AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY.

AND THE

COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND ROAD FURNITURE INCREASED FROM 159 CASES IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ΤΟ 176 THIS QUARTER. THE MAJOR AREAS OF COMPLAINT WERE DEFECTIVE ROAD SURFACES, MALFUNCTION OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND DAMAGED TRAFFIC SIGNS/AIDS.

CASES

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CASES INCREASED

FROM LAST QUARTER'S 178

TO 250 CASES, THEY WERE MAINLY RELATED TO REQUESTS FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL PARKING, ABANDONED VEHICLES AND

OTHER TRAFFIC OFFENCES.

COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS PASSED AWAY

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COMMISSIONER FOR

CENSUS AND STATISTICS,

27)

IN SOCIAL

BANGKOK WHILE

COMMISSION FOR

DR RICHARD BUTLER, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY YESTERDAY (NOVEMBER ATTENDING A CONFERENCE OF THE ECONOMIC AND ASIA AND PACIFIC (ESCAP). HE WAS 53.

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