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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

FOUR WORKING GROUPS FORMED ON LRT SAFETY

BEEN FORMED FOUR GOVERNMENT WORKING COMMITTEES AND GROUPS HAD

RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM AND TO ENSURE THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE LIGHT

AREA, PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN TRANSIT SERVICE

HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID IN THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE

HON

LEUNG T AI CHIN-WAH, MR REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE

EARLIER

HIS UNDER THIS MONTH SAID ONE OF THESE WERE SET UP

INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CHAIRMANSHIP TO CONDUCT FURTHER REVIEW OF THE LRT AND OTHER ROAD TRAFFIC IN THE LIGHT OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

MR LEUNG SAID THAT HE SAW THE NEED TO FORM HIS WORKING GROUP WAS TO ASCERTAIN CERTAIN POSSIBLE REFINEMENTS TO THE LRT SYSTEM WHICH

ITS OPENING ON CERTIFIED SAFE BY THE UK INSPECTOR OF RAILWAYS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 18.

IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED SO FAR BY HIS

ADDITIONAL

PHYSICAL

WORKING GROUP INCLUDED BARRIERS,

WARNING AUDIBLE

THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNALS AND LONGER TERM MODIFICATIONS TO JUNCTION LAYOUT.

PUBLIC ON-GOING

EDUCATION

STRENGTHENED, HE SAID.

PROGRAMMES

WOULD

BE

FURTHER

T

KCRC LRT LIAISON

COMMITTEE

WAS SCHEME

MR LEUNG SAID A GOVERNMENT SET UP IN 1984 TO CO-ORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE LRT SYSTEM.

THE

"THIS COMMITTEE TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE COMMENTS AND VIEWS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP OF THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.

I

T

BY

"PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ROAD SAFETY ARE OVERSEEN

HE ADDED. ITS SUB-COMMITTEE, WITH INPUT FROM THE TWO DISTRICT BOARDS,

CHAIRED BY THE LOCAL A WORKING GROUP ON

1987 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UK RAILWAY INSPECTORATE WAS SET UP IN LATE

CROSSING ALONG THE TO ENSURE THE SAFE OPERATION OF EACH

LRT TRACK.

JUNCTIONS

PEDESTRIAN

SPEED LIMITS

NEED

"IT MEETS FORTNIGHTLY TO EXAMINE SUCH MATTERS AS OF THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES, ADJUSTMENT TO SIGNAL PHASING AND THE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEGREGATED CROSSINGS," MR LEUNG SAID.

REGIONAL 'THERE IS A

LIAISON GROUP ΤΟ REVIEW

HE SAID.

FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND KCRC AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS,

INVOLVING EMERGENCY

THE POLICE, ARRANGEMENTS

/ON THE ...............

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