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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1974.
NEW BUS ROUTE TO WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A NEW ROUTE TO BE OPERATED BY THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY IN ABERDEEN TO PROVIDE A NEW BUS SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS OF TIN WAN AND WONG CHUK HANG ESTATES.
THE NEW SERVICE, ROUTE NO. 18, WILL RUN BETWEEN THE TWO ESTATES VIA ABERDEEN, STARTING FROM NEXT MONDAY (AUGUST 26).
IT WILL OPERATE EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS, PROVIDING A NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITY FROM TIN WAN AND, AT THE SAME TIME, AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE FROM VONG CHUK HANG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE FARE WILL BE A FLAT 30 CENTS. ON FACTORY WORKING DAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL JOURNEYS TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF WORKERS COMMUTING IN THE ABERDEEN DISTRICT.
OPERATING FREQUENCY VILL BE 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON WEEKDAYS= LESS OFTEN ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WHEN DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS.
FROM TIN WAN, THE NEW SERVICE WILL OPERATE VIA TIN WAN NEW STREET, TIN WAN HILL ROAD, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG ROAD AND NAM LONG SHAN ROAD.
FROM WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE, BUSES WILL TRAVEL VIA NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, ABERDEEN HAIN ROAD, LOK YEUNG STREET, CHENG TU ROAD, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, TIN WAN STREET AND TIN VAN NEW STREET.
SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS CLOSES TOMORROW ******
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET BOUGHT A TICKET IN THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT LOTTERY TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE AT STRIKING IT RICH, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DO SO. SALE OF TICKETS CLOSE AT 9 P.#.
UP TO 4.30 P.M. TODAY THURSDAY) 804,000 TICKETS WERE SOLD AND THE FIRST PRIZE WILL PROBABLY BE WORTH MORE THAN $700,000.
WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN ON SATURDAY CAUGUST 24) AT THE CITY HALL. THEATRE BY FIVE RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES: KR. TSANG KONG, MR. LEUNG MING, MISS FUNG SID-CHUNG, MISS CHAN KAR-YEE AND MISS KIMMY GOT. THEY PLAY THE KO FAMILY OF +BELOW THE LION ROCK+, A SERIAL DRAMA PRODUCED BY THE TELEVISION UNIT.
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