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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1988

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TWO SETS OF TRAFFIC

IDENTICAL METRES FROM THE TUNNEL FROM LEADING

TO

LIGHT SIGNALS, WHICH ARE ORDINARY ONES, WILL BE ERECTED AT ABOUT 200

THE TUNNEL ROADS TO THE PORTAL ON

APPROACH TWO GLOUCESTER ROAD AND FROM THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER.

VEHICLES ALONG TO ENTER THE TUNNEL

THEY WILL BE USED TO REGULATE THE MOVEMENTS OF

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THEM DIRECT THESE TWO APPROACH ROADS AND PORTAL ALTERNATIVELY.

HELP REDUCE CONFLICT THUS FACILITATING FROM THE CANAL ROAD

IT IS HOPED THAT BUCH ARRANGEMENTS WILL OF VEHICLES MERGING WITH BACH OTHER AT THE PORTAL, TRAFFIC FLOW, AND ENABLE HEAVY VEHICLES COMING FLYOVER TO ENTER THE LEFT LANE OF THE TUNNEL MORE EASILY.

LENGTH QUEUE

ONE OF THE THE TRAFFIC

ALONG IN ADDITION, IF THE TRAFFIC APPROACH ROADS IS PARTICULARLY LONG, THE TIME PHASING OF LIGHT SIGNALS WILL BE ADJUSTED TO ALLOW MORE VEHICLES ALONG THAT TO ENTER THE TUNNEL,

ROAD

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S WORK IN MARCH

CONCLUDED A TOTAL OF 599 426 PERSONS AND 91 COMPANIES

THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT CASES OF PROSECUTIONS IN MARCH, WITH CONVICTED OF OFFENCES UNDER VARIOUS ORDINANCES.

UNDER THE DANGEROUS AMONG THE CONVICTIONS, 152 WERE OBTAINED DRUGS ORDINANCE, 140 UNDER THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE, 18 UNDER AND EXPORT ORDINANCE, THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE, 311 UNDER THE IMPORT

OTHER 175 UNDER THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE AND THE REST UNDER ORDINANCES.

IMPOSED.

TOTAL FINES OF $3.42 MILLION AND 46

CUSTODIAL SENTENCES WERE

CUSTOMS

TWO SMASHED DURING

HEROIN THE MONTH,

OFFICERS IN KOWLOON AND SKIZED ALTOGETHER DISTRIBUTION AND PACKING CENTRES

TOGETHER WITH 19.5 KILOGRAMS OF NO.3 HEROIN AND 75 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, SOME PACKING PARAPHERNALIA.

INFRINGING AND OF $0.51

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SEIZED LARGE QUANTITIES OF PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO TAPES AND LASER DISCS WITH A TOTAL VALUE MILLION IN TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS IN MARCH.

INVESTIGATIONS

INVOLVING VARIOUS

IN ADDITION, CUSTOMS OFFICERS ALSO COMPLETED 85 DURING THE MONTH INTO ORIGIN AND LICENSING FRAUDS PRODUCTS VALUED AT $20.5 MILLION.

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TOTAL

OF 4,610

FACTORY

AND CONSIGNMENT

INSPECTIONS,

LICENCE CHECKS, WERE CARRIED INCLUDING 1,894 IMPORT/EXPORT TEXTILE

OF ORIGIN AND OUT IN MARCU, WHICH LED TO THE DETECTION OF 13 CASES LICENSING FRAUDS INVOLVING $1.2 MILLION WORTH OF GOODS.

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