*FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1975
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TO ADD TO THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE, THE SITE WILL BE ILLUMINATED BY 10 FLOODLIGHTS ALONG ITS PERIMETER.
THROUGH THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL BE PROVIDING A SPECIAL BUS SERVICE, PLYING BETWEEN THE JORDAN ROAD FERRY CONCOURSE AND THE VIEWING SITE.
THE BUS SERVICE WILL START AT 7.30 P.M. AND THE FARE WILL BE 50 CENTS A PERSON. THE FREQUENCY WILL DEPEND ON DEMAND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (KOWLOON CITY) EXPLAINED THAT THIS TEMPORARY BUS ROUTE WHICH DRINGS PASSENGERS TO THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE VIEWING SITE THROUGH AN AREA AROUND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ENTRANCE WOULD NOT BE OPENED TO ANY OTHER VEHICLES.
THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MAKE USE OF THIS SPECIAL SERVICE WHICH IS THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO VISIT THE SITE.
PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE VIEWING SITE IN PRIVATE CARS, TAXIS OR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES FROM THE DIRECTION OF CHATHAM ROAD OR PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE SITE THROUGH YUK CHOI ROAD. PASSENGERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ALIGHT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE SITE, AND THEN PROCEED ON FOOT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS TO WARN MOTORISTS OFF THE NEW ACCESS ROAD IN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ENTRANCE AREA. SIGNS WILL BE PLACED AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS TO GUIDE PEOPLE WHO COME IN BY OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT OTHER THAN THE SPECIAL BUS SERVICE.
SIGNS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP AT THE ENTRANCES TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LEADING FROM HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE TO THE RECLAMATION AREA, HE ADDED.
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR THE VIEWING SITE WILL SERVE AS ONE-NIGHT HAWKER BAZAAR ON THAT DAY.
HAWKERS WHO WANT TO PLY THEIR TRADE ON THE SITES CAN DO SO WITHOUT HAVING TO APPLY FOR ANY LICENCE IN ADVANCE.
AT THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION, ALL THE THREE VIEWING SITES WILL BE OPENED TO HAWKERS BUT AT THE HUNG HOM SITE, HAWKERS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO TRADE IN A SPECIAL HAWKER ZONE AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE.
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE ASKED THE HAWKERS GOING TO THE SITE ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO CO-OPERATE BY KEEPING AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ENTRANCES.
FOR HAWKERS INTENDING TO OPERATE IN THE HUNG HOM SITE ON THAT NIGHT, THEY ARE ADVISED TO MOVE INTO THE SPECIAL HAWKER ZONE BETWEEN 4 P.M. - 6.30 P.M. TO AVOID CONGESTION.
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