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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1975.
INAUGURATION OF KMB ROUTE 206 ******
THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. IAN MACPHERSON, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING CUT THE RIBBON AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE INAUGURATION OF THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY'S URBAN EXPRESS COACH SERVICES SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE TO PRIVATE CARS.
THE NEW SERVICE ROUTE NO. 206 - WHICH OPERATES BETWEEN MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND TSIM SHA TSUI IS DUE TO START TOMORROW. IT IS THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF SUCH SERVICES PLANNED MAINLY FOR AREAS WHERE PEOPLE AT PRESENT HAVE TO DEPEND ON THEIR PRIVATE CARS.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY HELD AT THE LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE BUS TERMINUS, MR. MACPHERSON SAID THAT ROAD CONGESTION, PARTICULARLY AT PEAK HOURS WHEN EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO GET TO WORK OR RETURN HOME FROM WORK, WAS A PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AS IT WAS IN MOST CITIES OF THE WORLD.
+IT FOLLOWS THAT ANY MEASURES WHICH WILL HELP IN REDUCING THIS CONGESTION ARE TO BE WELCOMED, WHETHER THEY INVOLVE THE STAGGERING OF WORKING TIMES TO SPREAD THE PEAK TRAVELLING LOAD, OR THE PROVISION OF OFF-ROAD FACILITIES SUCH AS FASTER AND MORE FREQUENT FERRIES, OR ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD BY INTRODUCING BUS SERVICES WHICH OFFER A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRIVATE CAR,+ HE SAID.
OBVIOUSLY, HE ADDED, THE FEWER THE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, THE BETTER WILL BE THE JOURNEY TIMES ACHIEVED BY PUBLIC ROAD TRANSPORT IN GENERAL.
AFTER THE CEREMONY MR, MACPHERSON AND A NUMBER OF GUESTS WERE INVITED TO TRAVEL ON ONE OF THE NEW COACHES.
NOTE TO EDITORS
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MR. MACPHERSON OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE G.1.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
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