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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1992

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NEW FOOTBRIDGE OPENS AT CAUSEWAY BAY

A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS HENNESSY ROAD WITH LANDINGS AT PERCIVAL STREET IS OPENED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AS PART OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN CAUSEWAY BAY TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC AT THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO ROADS.

FOR CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT, ESCALATORS ARE PROVIDED FOR PEDESTRIANS TO GO UP TO THE MAIN DECK OF THE FOOTBRIDGE.

THE FOOTBRIDGE WILL SEPARATE PEDESTRIANS THUS ALLOWING A SMOOTHER PERCIVAL STREET.

FROM VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC FLOW ON BOTH HENNESSY ROAD AND

WITH THE OPENING OF THE FOOTBRIDGE, VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT FROM PERCIVAL STREET TO HENNESSY ROAD IN MID-NOVEMBER.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOOTBRIDGE, THE SECTIONS OF HENNESSY ROAD AND PERCIVAL STREET

AT THE ROAD JUNCTION ARE ALSO RECONSTRUCTED.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS OFFICIATED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND WANCHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF WANCHAI DISTRICT BOARD, MR STEPHEN NG KAM-CHUN; WANCHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN; DIRECTOR OF SUN FOO KEE (CIVIL) LTD., MR FAN CHUN-WAH AND REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER/HONG KONG, MR WONG WAH-LUN.

NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR LAB ELECTION

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS INVITING NOMINATIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO SIT ON THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD (LAB) FOR A NEW TERM OF OFFICE.

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LETTERS WERE SENT TO ALL 477 REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INVITING THEM TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES то THE BOARD IN ITS NEXT SESSION FROM JANUARY 1 1993 TO DECEMBER 31, 1994.

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SEPARATELY, LETTERS WERE ALSO SENT TO FIVE MAJOR EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS REQUESTING THEM TO NOMINATE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

"THE LAB COMPRISES 12 MEMBERS, SIX EACH ON EMPLOYEES' AND EMPLOYERS' SIDES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR OR HER DEPUTY AS THE EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN,' SAID THE BOARD'S SECRETARY, MRS TERESA LO.

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**FIVE SEATS ON THE EMPLOYEES' SIDE WILL BE FILLED BY ELECTION BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5 ON THE BASIS OF ONE UNION ONE VOTE, MRS SAID.

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