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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989

INCLUDES

THE

STABILISATION

OF SOME

THE PROGRAMME NOW UNSATISFACTORY SLOPES AND WALLS WHICH COULD INDIRECTLY CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE BY MAJOR DISRUPTION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES, OR WHICH MAJOR ECONOMIC DISRUPTION.

COULD

CAUSE

THIS COVERS SLOPES ALONG MAJOR ROADS, AND SLOPES ALONG OTHER ROADS WHICH PROVIDE THE SOLE ACCESS TO HOSPITALS, WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND SO ON.

EXECUTED ASIDE FROM STABILISATION WORKS INITIATED AND

BY THE

GCO,

OUT A GREAT DEAL OF STABILISATION WORK IS CARRIED

IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR.

1,684 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASUALTIES IN JUNE

1,684

CASUALTIES

WERE

A TOTAL OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE (JUNE),

1,295 REPORTED TERRITORY LAST MONTH

IN

300 OF THESE THE

SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT A POLICE SPOKESMAN ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 654 IN KOWLOON AND 341 IN NEW TERRITORIES.

THAT 28 PERSONS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED

THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JUNE SHOWED KILLED, 348 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,308 IN THESE ACCIDENTS.

A DECREASE

THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AND ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED OF 9.2 PER CENT AND 6.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

SOUTHERN POSTGRAMME SCHEME BEARS FRUIT

**

OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE

TWO CARPARKS IN ABERDEEN CIVIC-MINDED CITIZEN DREW THE CENTRE HAVE NOW BEEN CLEARED AFTER A ATTENTION OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD TO THE PROBLEM.

OF ENTRANCES

USING

THE "MY

BOARD"

ALONG

TO SUGGESTION

SOUTHERN DISTRICT POSTGRAMME SCHEME, THE CITIZEN POINTED OUT THAT VEHICLES PARKED NAM NING STREET OFTEN BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE OF THE CARPARKS.

THE DISTRICT BOARD, THEREFORE, REFERRED HIS TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION AND ACTION.

COMPLAINT

TO THE

/SUBSEQUENTLY,

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