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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1992

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"WHILE THE CURRENT EXTENSION PROGRAMME WILL FURTHER OPTIMISE TAK'S EFFICIENCY, EXTENSION BEYOND THE PRESENT WORKS IS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS ARISING FROM A SINGLE RUNWAY OPERATION AND PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. REMOVAL OF THE NIGHT-TIME RESTRICTION WOULD PLACE UNACCEPTABLE DEMANDS UPON RESIDENTS LIVING BELOW THE FLIGHT PATH AND THOSE CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.

"THE PREDICTED AIR TRAVEL GROWTH FOR THE REGION AND INTERNATIONALLY MAKE IT OBVIOUS, AS BORNE OUT BY THE 14% INCREASE IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC ALREADY SEEN THIS YEAR, THAT THE NEED FOR OUR NEW AIRPORT BY 1997 IS BECOMING EVER MORE PRESSING," MR BLAKE SAID.

SPEED LIMIT ON EXPRESSWAYS TO BE RELAXED

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT SPEED LIMIT ON SEVERAL EXPRESSWAYS WILL BE RELAXED FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID SPEED LIMIT ON T6 BRIDGE AND ON CHEUNO PEI SHAN ROAD WILL BE RELAXED, FROM 70 TO 80 KILOMTRES PER HOUR.

THE 100 KILOMETRE-PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON THE TOLO HIGHWAY WILL BE EXTENDED SOUTHWARDS BY ABOUT 400 METRES.

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ON THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE, THE SPEED LIMIT WILL FROM 80 TO 100 KILOMETRES PER HOUR BETWEEN SO KWUN PO AND FAIRVIEW PARK IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION AND BETWEEN FAIRVIEW PARK AND SAN SHAN ROAD AND BETWEEN PO SHEK WU ROAD AND SO KWUN PO IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION,

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE SPEED LIMIT FOR THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, THE KWUN TONG BY PASS, ON ROUTE 6 BETWEEN TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND THE T6 BRIDGE AND MUN ROAD.

THE TUEN

SPEED LIMIT FOR THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, THE KWUN TONG BY PASS, AND ON TUEN MUN ROAD WILL REMAIN AT 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, WHILE THE SPEED LIMIT ON ROUTE 6 WILL REMAIN AT 80 KILOMETRES PER

HOUR.

SPECIAL LEGCO MEETING TOMORROW

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PATTEN, WILL

BRIEF

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON HIS RECENT OVERSEAS VISITS AT A SPECIAL SITTING OF THE COUNCIL AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THEY MAY

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO OBSERVE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERIES OF THE LEGCO CHAMBER. RESERVE SEATS BY CALLING 869 9492.

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