operation of the West Kowloon Area Traffic Control System. This system, when installed, will enable the central control and co-ordination by computer of some 85 sets of traffic light signals on the heavily trafficked roads in West Kowloon.
The primary objectives are to maximise capacity of the street network, reduce delay to road users and to set up priority routes to assist the passage of fire appliances in the densely populated areas of Kowloon. Associated with these, a large number of detector stations would be installed to monitor the flow and congestion level on the roads and to collect traffic data for the generation of control strategies.
9.109
A contract amounting to $8.8 million for the supply and installation of the control system was placed in December 1973. It is expected that the system will be fully operational by 1976.
9.110
Fitting-out work for the computer centre located on the 16th floor of Kowloon Government Offices was carried out. Specialist air conditioning and building works will be provided to meet the stringent environmental conditions for the computer equipment.
9.111
A communication cable network linking the computer centre with the on-street control equipment is being installed. In this connection, a ducting contract for laying some 18,000 metres of cable ducts was completed.
9.112
Investigation in the fields of closed circuit television, incident detection by computer and similar techniques for traffic control and surveillance systems for tunnels and elevated roads was carried out.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
9.113 The problem of staff shortages continued to exist in almost every Division in the Office. There were unfilled vacancies in both the professional and assistant professional grades throughout the year. Twenty-five Engineers, 20 recruited overseas, were appointed; however, no engineering graduates were promoted to the assistant professional grade.
9.114
Nine Engineers left the service on completion of their contracts and one Engineer and two Assistant Engineers resigned.
Training
9.115
One Engineer returned to duty on completion of a post-graduate course in Transportation and Traffic Planning at Birmingham University in England and one Engineer proceeded on study leave to undertake a similar course at the same University. One Engineer was sent to undertake a year's training in Local Authorities and well-established contracting firms in the U.K.
9.116
One Assistant Engineer resumed duty after completion of a nine-month attachment in the Street Lighting Department of the City of Glasgow.
9.117
Five Foremen Rank II continued their no-pay study leave to undertake a degree course in Civil Engineering at the Sunderland Polytechnic in the U.K.
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operation of the West Kowloon Area Traffic Control System. This system, when installed, will enable the central control and co-ordination by computer of some 85 sets of traffic light signals on the heavily trafficked roads in West Kowloon.
The primary objectives are to maximise capacity of the street network, reduce delay to road users and to set up priority routes to assist the passage of fire appliances in the densely populated areas of Kowloon. Associated with these, a large number of detector stations would be installed to monitor the flow and congestion level on the roads and to collect traffic data for the generation of control strategies.
9.109
A contract amounting to $8.8 million for the supply and installation of the control system was placed in December 1973. It is expected that the system will be fully operational by 1976.
9.110
Fitting-out work for the computer centre located on the 16th floor of Kowloon Government Offices was carried out. Specialist air conditioning and building works will be provided to meet the stringent environmental conditions for the computer equipment.
9.111
A communication cable network linking the computer centre with the on-street control equipment is being installed. In this connection, a ducting contract for laying some 18,000 metres of cable ducts was completed.
9.112
Investigation in the fields of closed circuit television, incident detection by computer and similar techniques for traffic control and sur- veillance systems for tunnels and elevated roads was carried out.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
9.113 The problem of staff shortages continued to exist in almost every Division in the Office. There were unfilled vacancies in both the professional and assistant professional grades throughout the year. Twenty-five Engineers, 20 recruited overseas, were appointed; however, no engineering graduates were promoted to the assistant professional grade.
9.114
Nine Engineers left the service on completion of their contracts and one Engineer and two Assistant Engineers resigned.
Training
9.115
One Engineer returned to duty on completion of a post-graduate course in Transportation and Traffic Planning at Birmingham University in England and one Engineer proceeded on study leave to undertake a similar course at the same University. One Engineer was sent to undertake a year's training in Local Authorities and well-established contracting firms in the U.K.
9.116
One Assistant Engineer resumed duty after completion of a nine-month attachment in the Street Lighting Department of the City of Glasgow.
9.117
Five Foremen Rank II continued their no-pay study leave to undertake a degree course in Civil Engineering at the Sunderland Polytechnic in the U.K.
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