SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1975
STORM SHELTERS MADE READY AS TYPHOON SEASON APPROACHES
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THE HOME. AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP 118 TYPHOON SHELTERS IN URBAN AREAS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DURING THE APPROACHING TYPHOON SEASON.
THE SHELTERS, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE, WILL OPEN WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 IS UP, OR AT ANY OTHER TIME WHEN REQUIRED.
FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE SHELTERS ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND 13 IN WESTERN DISTRICT, 23 IN EASTERN DISTRICT, NINE IN CENTRAL AND 12 IN WANCHAI.
THE REMAINING 61 ARE IN KOWLOON EIGHT IN YAU MA TEI, SIX IN MONG KOK, FOUR IN SHAM SHUI PO, 10 IN KOULOON CITY, 10 IN WONG TAI SIN, AND 23 IN KWUN TONG.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SEEK TEMPORARY REFUGE IN ANY OF THESE SHELTERS DURING AN EMERGENCY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY OPERATES A ROUND-THE-CLOCK ENQUIRY SERVICE IMMEDIATELY TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 1 IS HOISTED.
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES FOR
DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY WILL RUM TEN ADDITIONAL TRAINS TO TAI PO MARKET NEXT SATURDAY (JUNE 14), THE DAY OF THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, FOR THE DRAGON BOAT RACES AT YUEN CHOW TSAI.
THESE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL LEAVE TSIM SHA TSUI ALMOST EVERY HOUR FROM MORNING TO EVENING. THEIR TIMES OF DEPARTURE ARE 7.53 A.M., 8.53 A.M., 9.48 A.M., 10.49 A.M.; 11.26 A.M., 12.28 P.M., 2.05 P.M., 3.24 P.M., 4.45 P.M. AND 6.49 P.M.
EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST SIX WHICH WILL NOT STOP AT MONG KOK, ALL THE TRAINS WILL PICK UP PASSENGERS EN ROUTE.
TO TAKE SPECTATORS BACK, 11 SPECIAL DOWN TRAINS WILL ALSO RUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEIR TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM TAI PO MARKET ARE 8.45 A.M., 9.58 A.M., 10.40 A.M., 11.54 A.M., 12.50 P.M. 1.56 P.M., 3.12 P.M., 4.25 P.M., 5.39 P.M., 7.16 P.M. AND 8.12 P.M.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS WILL ALSO RUN IN THE LATE EVENING IF NEEDED.
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