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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1993

THE "LOW FLOW CHANNELS" MUST RUBBISH AND DEBRIS LEFT ON THE NULLAH REMOVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.

BE CLEARED

REGULARLY, AND THE BEDS AFTER FLOODING MUST BE

BEDS,

TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES' ACCESS TO THE NULLAH TWO RAMPS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ON THE WESTERN BANK OF THE MAIN NULLAH, ONE NEAR THE INFLATABLE DAM AND THE OTHER NEAR THE YUEN LONG BYPASS.

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SIGNS GUIDE DEPARTING AIR PASSENGERS

THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING ON TRIAL A SCHEME TO ERECT SIGNS TO GUIDE PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S DEPARTURES HALL BY CAR TO LOCATE THE COUNTERS.

SIX-MONTH HONG KONG CHECK-IN

STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), A NEW SET OF SIGNS SHOWING THE NAMES OF AIRLINES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CHECK-IN COUNTER REFERENCE LETTERS WILL BE UNVEILED ALONG THE MAIN APPROACH UP-RAMP TO THE DEPARTURES HALL.

WHEN PASSENGERS ON CARS OR TAXIS COMING UP THE ELEVATED ROAD FROM OLYMPIA AVENUE FOR THE DEPARTURES HALL, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SET OF SIGNS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE BASIC CONCEPT OF THE SCHEME WAS TO GUIDE DEPARTING PASSENGERS IN DECIDING IN ADVANCE WHERE THEY SHOULD PULL UP THEIR CARS NEAREST TO THEIR CHECK-IN ISLANDS.

FOR THAT REASON, TRIANGULAR-SHAPED SIGNS WITH BIG LETTERS OF THE ISLANDS FROM A TO M (EXCEPT I) HAVE ALSO BEEN ERECTED ON THE CANOPY OF THE DEPARTURES FRONTAGE.

INITIALLY, 10 OF THE 46 SERVING AIRLINES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR INCLUSION IN THE SCHEME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THE 10 AIRLINES TOGETHER HAD ALREADY BEEN SERVING ABOUT 82 PER CENT OF THE PASSENGERS ORIGINATING FROM HONG KONG EVERY YEAR.

THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON DEPARTING PASSENGERS TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS ON THE SCHEME TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT MONITOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS.

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