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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994

DOGS TO BE PUT DOWN * * * * *

THE TWO DOGS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN A FATAL INCIDENT IN SHEUNG SHUI LAST SATURDAY (JANUARY 8) WILL BE PUT DOWN.

THE OWNER HAS AGREED TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SURRENDER THE DOGS то AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) FOR DESTRUCTION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR AFD SAID: "THE DOGS, NOW KEPT IN SHEK WU HUI GOVERNMENT KENNELS, WILL CONTINUE TO BE DETAINED BY AFD FOR FURTHER OBSERVATION OF RABIES. THIS NORMALLY TAKES SEVEN FULL DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THE BITING INCIDENT."

"THEY WILL THEN BE HUMANELY PUT DOWN.

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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT BASED ON OBSERVATIONS, THE DOGS HAD SO FAR SHOWN NO SIGNS OF RABIES.

TSUEN WAN FIRST NEW TOWN WITH ATC SYSTEM

TSUEN WAN HAS BECOME THE

FIRST NEW TOWN WITH AREA TRAFFIC EARLIER THIS

CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM, AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS COMMISSIONED MONTH.

TO GAIN FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SYSTEM, A GROUP OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE TSUEN WAN ATC CENTRE TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR LEE SHU CHEE, TOLD MEMBERS THAT THE SYSTEM INSTALLED WAS AN INTERIM SYSTEM PROVIDING BASIC ATC FACILITIES COVERING 85 SIGNALISED JUNCTIONS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

THE SYSTEM, DESIGNED WITH THE LATEST COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNIQUES, IS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING A MAXIMUM OF 190 SIGNAL JUNCTIONS.

IT CAN ACTIVATE DIFFERENT SIGNAL PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TIMETABLE STORED IN THE COMPUTER, SO AS то ADJUST TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MR LEE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT LATER THIS YEAR, THE CURRENT INTERIM SYSTEM WOULD BE ENHANCED TO THE BASIC SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CONTROL CENTRE AND INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN WAS COMPLETED IN MID-1993.

/THE CENTRE