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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1974
BETTER BUS SERVICES ON LANTAO ISLAND
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BUSES ON LANTAO ISLAND WILL RUN AS FROM SUNDAY (DECEMBER 1) ON NEW TIMETABLES WHICH WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED FREQUENCIES AND BETTER CONNECTING FACILITIES WITH FERRY SERVICES TO THE ISLAND.
AGREEMENT ON THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS ON WAYS TO IMPROVE BUS SERVICES ON THE ISLAND,
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY BUSES ON THE ISLAND WOULD OPERATE ON FIVE ROUTES DESIGNED TO MEET MORE ADEQUATELY THE TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS HOLIDAY-MAKERS VISITING THE ISLAND ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
APART FROM INCREASED FREQUENCIES ON WEEKDAYS, THE NEW TIMETABLES WILL PROVIDE EVEN BETTER FREQUENCIES ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO CATER FOR THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FLOCKING TO THE POPULAR HOLIDAY RESORT, HE SAID.
+THESE NEW ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN LINE WITH OUR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE BUS OPERATION ON LANTAO ISLAND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUTERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE FIVE ROUTES WILL BE: (1) BETWEEN HUI WO AND TAI O VIA PUI O, CHEUNG SHA, TONG FUK, SHUI HAU AND KEUNG SHAN (2) BETWEEN MUI WO AND NGONG PING VIA PUI 0, CHEUNG SHA, TONG FUK, SHUI HAU AND PAVILION (3) BETWEEN MUI WO AND TUNG CHUNG VIA PUI 0, CHEUNG SHA, AND TUNG CHUNG ROAD (4) BETWEEN MUI WO AND CHEUNG SHA VIA PUI O- AND. (5) BETWEEN TAI LONG WAN AND MUI WO VIA TAI LONG WAN ACCESS ROAD AND SOUTH LANTAO ROAD.
FOR THE MUI WO-TAI O ROUTE, THE MORNING JOURNEY STARTS AT 5.15 A.M. FROM TAI 0, AND THE LAST JOURNEY AT 9.55 P.M. FROM MUI WO, ON SATURDAYS, THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA JOURNEY LEAVING MUI WO AT QUARTER PAST MID-NIGHT AFTER MEETING THE LAST FERRY FROM HONG KONG.
FOR THE MUI WO-NGONG PING ROUTE, THE FIRST JOURNEY LEAVES AT 8.20 A.M. FROM NGONG PING, AND THE LAST JOURNEY, AT 6 P.M.
THE MUI WO-TUNG CHUNG SERVICE STARTS AT 6.20 A.M. FROM TUNG CHUNG WITH THE LAST JOURNEY DEPARTING AT 7.05 P.M. FROM MUI WO.
THE MUI WO-CHEUNG SHA SERVICE STARTS AT 9.35 A.M. FROM MUI WO WITH THE LAST JOURNEY LEAVING AT 7.05 P.M. FROM MU! WO, EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WHEN THE FIRST JOURNEY WILL LEAVE MUI WO AT 9.00 A.M.
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FOR THE TAI LONG WAN-MUI WO ROUTE, THERE WILL BE ONE JOURNEY LEAVING TAI LONG WAN AT 6.15 A.M. ARRIVING AT MUI WO AT 6.48 A.M. WITH A RETURN JOURNEY FROM MU! WO AT 4.35 P.M.
COPIES OF THE FULL TIMETABLES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT ALL BUS TERMINI FOR THE INFORMATION OF COMMUTERS.
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