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SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1994

OF

ON

BY

THE

"BEFORE STARTING HIS JOURNEY, THE DRIVER SHOULD KNOW THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE CONSIGNMENT AND THE WEIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES GOODS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN PART OF THE GOODS ARE UNLOADED

NOT BE AFFECTED THE WAY, THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE WILL CHANGE OF AXLE LOADING," HE SAID,

BE

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT GOODS INSIDE THE CONTAINER SHOULD POSITIONED AND SECURED PROPERLY, SO AS TO AVOID THEM SHIFTING ABOUT INSIDE THE CONTAINER THUS JEOPARDISING THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE.

SHOULD MR HUI SAID DRIVERS

MAKE USE OF THE MORE THAN 70

OF BACH PRIVATE WEIGH STATIONS TO FIND OUT THE LOADING WEIGHT

WOULD IN WHICH

TURN AFFECT IN ORDER TO AVOID AXLE OVERLOADING BRAKING SYSTEM.

AXLE,

THE

THE GOVERNMENT WILL OPEN A NEW WEIGH STATION IN TAI LAM CHUNG BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR TO SERVE THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

ON TRAINING OF CONTAINER VEHICLE DRIVERS, MR HUI SAID IN ORDER TO MONITOR MORE SYSTEMATICALLY THE TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OF THESE FOR A TEMPORARY DRIVERS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED AN APPLICATION SITE IN TSEUNG KWAN O NEW

SETTING UP OF THE FIRST ARTICULATED VEHICLE DRIVING SCHOOL.

TOWN FOR THE

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP A DRIVER

TESTING OF ARTICULATED INSIDE THE SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY FOR DRIVERS.

TESTING

CENTRE VEHICLE

THE SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.

ENSURE THAT ALL

IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO GOODS VEHICLES ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED THROUGH THE GOODS VEHICLE ANNUAL INSPECTION SCHEME TO ENHANCE SAFETY.

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FURTHER PROMOTION OF ACP CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

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(ACP)

PUBLIC

TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AT AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME SITES, POSTERS HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT THE TSUEN WAN AND SAM TSENG PIERS WHERE HUNDREDS OF WORKERS TAKE THEIR FERRIES то THE SITES EVERYDAY.

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SAFETY

THE POSTERS, SHOWING THE MASCOT OF THE ACP CONSTRUCTION AWARD SCHEME MR ACP SAFETY FIRST · IS TO REMIND CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS INVOLVED IN ACP PROJECTS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND ITS MANAGEMENT ON SITE.

THE POSTERS TOGETHER WITH OTHER PRINT MATERIAL PROMOTING THE AWARD SCHEME HAVE BEEN WIDELY DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE ACP PROJECT SITES.

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