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"It is the first time that a system of this kind covers such a large area. The system contains a lot of state-of-the-art techniques and in many ways it is one of the most advanced systems in the world," said Mr Kwong.
The control area includes about 17 kilometres of the airport transport corridor stretching from the Mei Foo Interchange at the start of the Kwai Chung Viaduct section of Route 3 to the Yam O Interchange on the North Lantau Expressway.
This includes the Kwai Chung Viaduct, the Rambler Channel Bridge, the Cheung Ching Tunnel and the Lantau Link and the North-West Tsing Yi Interchange which connects the airport road network to the Route 3 highway also under
construction.
The control area's $242 million Traffic Control and Surveillance System will enable the private sector management contractor to deal efficiently with normal traffic operations and to exercise a high degree of automation for traffic management and control under most situations.
These situations may include vehicle breakdowns, road works, strong winds and other adverse weather conditions. In addition, variable message signs give drivers traffic information as they pass through the control area.
The main control centre is housed in the North West Tsing Yi Administration Building. The system's equipment includes closed circuit television, automatic incident detectors, automatic weight detectors, environmental sensors, emergency telephones, vehicle overheight detectors, variable traffic signs, land control signals and radio re-broadcast facilities.
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Television programme on water quality misleading
The result of electrolysis of water which appeared on a television programme a few days ago was totally untrue, a spokesman for the Water Supplies Department said today (Sunday).
The spokesman was commenting on a television programme last Thursday (April 10) night which showed a television actress performing a so-called experiment on treated water.
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