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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1994

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ROADS AFFECTED BY FLOODING AND LANDSLIDE

LARGE

FLOODING

A

AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS RAINFALL SINCE THE EARLY MORNING,

OR NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LANDSLIDE, CAUSING EITHER COMPLETE OR PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE ROADS AND DIVERSION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

ΤΟ UP

NOW,

FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES HAVE AREAS, WITH THE MAJORITY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AFFECTED ABOUT

50

YUEN THE MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE AU TAU NEAR

ROAD NEAR CHING LONG, SAI SHA ROAD, LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, CASTLE PEAK CHEUNG ROAD, POK FU LAM ROAD AND MAGAZINE GAP ROAD,

THESE ROADS WILL IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT THE SITUATION ON

ARE BEING EFFORTS

BY MADE IMPROVE

ALTHOUGH IN THE AFTERNOON,

AS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO CLEAR FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES WELL AS TO CONTROL AND DIVERT TRAFFIC.

IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE CHAOTIC SITUATION LIKELY TO OCCUR IN TO RELEASE THE EVENING RUSH HOURS, EMPLOYERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED THEIR STAFF IN STAGES AT THEIR DISCRETION TO AVOID OVERCROWDING OF TRANSPORT

CONGESTION.

SERVICES AND ROAD

EXCESSIVE

THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS ON TRAFFIC SITUATION FROM TIME TO TIME.

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CNTA MONITORING STORM SITUATION

THE

SINCE THE HOISTING OF THE LANDSLIP AND RED RAINSTORM WARNINGS EARLY THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS THROWN OPEN 31 SHELTERS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE

AFFECTED BY THE RAINSTORM.

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73 IN

UP TO 5 PM, A TOTAL OF 120 PEOPLE HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE YUEN LONG, 23 IN THE NORTH DISTRICT AND 24 IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

AN EMERGENCY CENTRE WAS ACTIVATED AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS AT 3 AM SHORTLY AFTER THE DOWNPOUR TO CO-ORDINATE THE WORK OF ALL DISTRICT OFFICES.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MANY PARTS OF THE NEW LAU TERRITORIES, WITH SAP PAT HEUNG, PING SHAN, HA TSUEN AND TAK YUET TSUEN BEING THE WORST AFFECTED.

IN YUEN LONG AND THE NORTH DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WATER LEVELS OF UP TO TWO METRES WERE RECORDED, TEAMS OF OUTDOOR STAFF WERE DEPLOYED TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS.

CONTINUE ΤΟ MONITOR THE

A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALL DISTRICT AND OFFER

SITUATION

OFFICE STAFF HELP WHENEVER

WILL

AND

WHEREVER REQUIRED.

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