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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1993

KEEP DRAIN GRATINGS IN GOOD REPAIR AND RENDER ALL VENTILATION OPENINGS RAT-PROOF; AND

AFFIX METAL PLATES TO THE LOWER PART OF WOODEN DOORS TO KEEP AWAY RATS.

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SMOOTH TRAFFIC ON LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD

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NO MAJOR TRAFFIC DIFFICULTIES WERE OBSERVED AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD EVEN THOUGH VERY HIGH TRAFFIC FLOWS THERE WERE WITNESSED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

HE SAID TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WERE IMPLEMENTED ΤΟ HELP THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.

THESE MEASURES INCLUDE A TIDAL FLOW SYSTEM AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD BETWEEN HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE AND SHA TIN ROAD, REDUCTION OF THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 70 KILOMETRES AN HOUR ΤΟ 50 AND TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS.

UNDER THE TIDAL FLOW SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO TRAFFIC LANES SOUTHBOUND TO KOWLOON AND ONE TRAFFIC LANE NORTHBOUND ΤΟ THE NEW TERRITORIES BETWEEN 6 AM AND 4 PM.

THE DIRECTION OF THE MIDDLE LANE WILL BE REVERSED FROM 4 PM GIVING TWO LANES FOR NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND TRAFFIC PLUS ONE LANE FOR KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

THERE IS ONLY ONE TRAFFIC LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS IN FORCE DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAYS AND DAYTIME HORSE RACING DAYS.

ON SATURDAYS AND DAYTIME HORSE RACING DAYS, THE MIDDLE LANE IS ADVANCED TO 11.30 AM.

THE REVERSION OF

"PUBLICITY OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO MOTORISTS ASKING THEM TO TRAVEL BETWEEN SHA TIN AND KOWLOON AND THEIR KIND CO-OPERATION ARE THE MAIN FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RELATIVELY SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW THERE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ON TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON RACING DAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EARLY REVERSAL OF THE TIDAL FLOW ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE DAYTIME RACE MEETINGS WAS TO MEET THE MAJOR TRAFFIC FLOWS WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE GENERAL COMMUTERS.

"HOWEVER, AS NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS HEAVIER IN EARLY EVENINGS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REVERSE THE TIDAL FLOW TO CATER FOR THE MOTORING PUNTERS AT THE END OF RACE MEETINGS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GENERAL COMMUTERS. HE SAID.

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THIS VIEW IS GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, HE ADDED.

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