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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1994

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TWO TRIAL RUNS WERE CARRIED OUT IN JANUARY AND MARCH THIS YEAR WITH SOME SUCCESS, BUT THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING FOLLOWED UP BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.

DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, THE FURTHER REVISFO SCHEME MAY BE INTRODUCED UPON THE RE-OPENING OF THE TERMINALS FOLLOWING A TYPHOON.

MR LUI SAID TERMINAL OPERATORS HAD ALSO PREN RELPING BY ADOPTING AN APPOINTMENT SYSTEM.

ONE OPERATOR ADOPTED SUCH A SYSTEM FOR IMPORT CARGOES SOME YEARS AGO, WHILE THE OTHER TWO OPERATORS STARTED A SIMILAR SYSTEM IN JULY AND AUGUST LAST YEAR RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, AS IT IS OPERATIONALLY MORE DIFFICULT FOR APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR EXPORT CARGOES, IT WOULD BE FURTHER STUDIED A LONGER TERM POSSIBILITY.

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HOWEVER, MR LUI POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE TOO OPTIMISTIC BELIEVE THAT THE EFFORTS IN THE PAST YEAR WOULD ENTIRELY REMOVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION DURING EMERGENCIES.

"THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT MEASURES WILL ONLY HELP MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PUT CONGESTION UNDER CONTROL.

"LONG TERM SOLUTIONS LIE IN THE OPENING OF CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 8 AND OTHER NEW TERMINALS WHICH WELL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL, BACK-UP AREAS, COMPLETION OF ROUTE 3 AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PROJECTS, THE TSING YI NORTHERN COASTAL ROAD AND TING KAUL BRIDGE AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL AND BARGE LINKS WITH CHINA,

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HE ADDED THAT BECAUSE OF RAPID GROWTH IN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, CONGESTION WAS INEVITABLE AND IN ADDITION TO EFFORTS CURRENTLY BEING MADE BY GOVERNMENT AND TERMINAL OPERATORS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, IT WAS ALSO ESSENTIAL THAT MOTORISTS CO-OPERATED WITH RADIO BULLETINS AND ADVICE GIVEN WHEN CONGESTIONS WAS EXPECTED TO OCCUR.

WALLED CITY PARK A LANDMARK IN CENTRAL KOWLOON

THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY PARK WILL BECOME A LANDMARK OF CENTRAL KOWLOON UPON ITS COMPLETION IN MID-1995, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAU SIU-HUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE PARK, MR PAU SAID THE PARK, BLENDED WITH THE RELICS OF THE WALLED CITY, WOULD ALSO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE AND STYLE OF GARDENS COMMONLY FOUND IN SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE EARLY QING DYNASTY.

IT WOULD BE HONG KONG'S FIRST AUTHENTIC CHINESE GARDEN

"THE GARDEN