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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1988

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DIRECTIONAL SIGNS TO BE PUT UP IN LRT AREA

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DRAWN UP PLANS TO INSTALL SIGNS IN THE LRT AREA IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN TO GUIDE AND MOTORISTS.

THE ACTING SENIOR

MORE TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS

ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR ANTHONY LOO, SAID THAT DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE PUT UP AT THE TUEN MUN FERRY PIER INTERCHANGE SHORTLY.

YELLOW MARKINGS WOULD ALSO BE PAINTED AT THE BUS BAYS AT THIS INTERCHANGE TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING BETWEEN BUS PLATFORMS.

ALSO AT TUEN MUN FERRY PIER, SIGN9 DIRECTING MOTORISTS ΤΟ DRIVE INTO THE INTERCHANGE WILL BE ERECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

IN YUEN LONG, PLANS ARE BEING DRAWN UP TO WIDEN THE CENTRAL REFUGE ISLAND AT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT THE JUNCTION BETWEEN TAI TONG ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

THIS MORNING MR LOO AND TWO OTHER ENGINEERS WENT TO INSPECT A NUMBER OF BUSY JUNCTIONS IN PUI TO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD WHERE THERE ARE LRT CROSSINGS.

MR LOO SAID THAT ADVANCE WARNING SIGNS WOULD

BE PUT UP NEAR MAJOR JUNCTIONS TO ADVISE MOTORISTS TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE LRT JUNCTIONS AHEAD.

R & V PROCESSES RATEPAYERS' PROPOSALS

THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT HAS NOW DEALT WITH ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED IN MARCH THIS YEAR OBJECTING TO THE NEW RATEABLE VALUES WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON APRIL 1, 1988.

URGED ANY

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT RATEPAYER WHO HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A NOTICE OF DECISION IN RESPONSE

OF YEUNG CHB-KEUNG TO HIS PROPOSAL, TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT

THE

DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8957629.

MR

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT [F THE RATEABLE VALUE HAS BEEN ALTERED AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSAL, THE AMENDMENT TO THE RÅTEABLE VALUE AND THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE RATES PAYABLE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 1, 1988.

HOWEVER, FOR OPERATIONAL REASONS, THE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE IN THE DEMAND FOR RATES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989.

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