FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1974.
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NEW BUS ROUTE TO POPULAR DEACH
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HOLIDAY-MAKERS WILL FIND IT HORE CONVENIENT NEXT WEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE POPULAR TING KAU BATHING EEACH ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD OPPOSITE NORTHERN TSING YI ISLAND UITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEU BUS ROUTE OPERATING FROM KOULO01 STAR FERRY.
STARTING ON SUNDAY (JULY 14), THE KOWLOON NOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL OPERATE THE NEW SERVICE, DESIGNATED ROUTE 60, ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ON A LEATHER PERMITTING BASIS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE NEW ROUTE WILL RUN BETWEEN KOULCON STAR FERRY AND TING KAU BEACH VIA NATHAN ROAD, LAI CHI KOK ROAD AID CASLTE PEAK ROAD.
IT WILL BE OPERATED BY DOUBLE-DECK BUSES BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 7.45 P.M. AT 15-HINUTE FREQUENCIES, CHARGING A FLAT FARE OF $1. KNB MAY SUSPEND THE SERVICE IF THE WEATHER IS DAD.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE SUIMING SEASON AND SCHOOLS STARTING THEIR SUHNER HOLIDAYS, THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT TO THE BEACH VILL INCREASE.
+WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS NEW SERVICE WILL ENCOURAGE MOTOR ISTS TO LEAVE THEIR CARS BEHIND WHEN TRAVELLING TO THE BEACH, THEREBY REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD.+
A NEW BUS TERMINUS HAS BEEN OPENED AT TING KAU BEACH TO PROVIDE CONVENIENT PASSENGER FACILITIES, HE ADDED.
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FOR RESIDENTS IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUN WAN AREAS, A BUS SERVICE, ROUTE 62, IS OPERATING AT A 50-CENT FLAT FARE ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO TING KAU AND SHAN TSENG PROVIDING CONNECTING FACILITIES TO THE FERRY SERVICE FOR HA WAN ISLAND.
S.S.E.E. RESULTS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION RESULTS WILL BE DECIDED AT A MEETING OF THE S.S.E.E. COMMITTEE NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 16).
THE DATE OF PUBLCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER THAT MEETING. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES CON THROUGH THE S.S.E.E. WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 50 PER CENT OF THE NUNDER OF CANDIDATES WHO SAT THE EXAMINATION.
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