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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1989

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WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE KWAI CHUNG ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - CASTLE PEAK ROAD/KWAI CHUNG ROAD JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT WHICH COST $95 MILLION BEGAN IN JUNE 1987 AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY AUGUST NEXT YEAR.

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KWAI CHUNG

ROAD STARTED IN

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WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT FLYOVER AND ROAD WIDENING WHICH COST $111 MILLION DECEMBER 1987 AND WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF 1991.

ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

TODAY

(THURSDAY)

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S NERVE CENTRE WHICH USES THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO MANAGE TRAFFIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

SHOWN

TOURED LATEST

AT THE HONG KONG AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE, SIR DAVID WAS HOW THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM ENSURES SMOOTH CO-ORDINATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHICH EFFECTIVELY REDUCES JOURNEY TIME, NUMBER OF STOPS AND STOP TIME.

FOR

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER TRANSPORT, MR PANG HAU CHUNG, THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD MEAKIN, AND THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER TRANSPORT, MANAGEMENT AND LICENSING, MR BRIAN COAK.

FOR

SIR DAVID ALSO TOURED THE ROAD SAFETY AND STANDARDS DIVISION AND LICENSING DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE SAW FOR HIMSELF THE WORK DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION, ANALYSIS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES AND CO-ORDINATION OF LICENCES ISSUING.

STAMP ISSUE ON LIVES OF HK PEOPLE

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A SET OF FOUR STAMPS DEPICTING THE LIVES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL BE ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER

THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

$5.

THE STAMPS ARE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 60 CENTS, $1.40, $1.80 AND

THEY DEPICT RESPECTIVELY THE JOYFUL SPIRIT OF HONG KONG PROPLE IN FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVALS; PEOPLE AT LEISURE (HORSE RACING AND SHADOW-BOXING); PEOPLE AT WORK AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALER; AND THE COSMOPOLITAN NATURE OF THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS LIVING HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER.

/THE STAMPS