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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975
MORE BUSES FOR TSING YI
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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS PLANS IN THE PIPELINE FOR MORE FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES TO SERVE RESIDENTS OF TSING YI ISLAND THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. PETER MILLER, SAID, TODAY.
HE SAID THE FIRST BUS SERVICE TO AND FROM THE ISLAND ROUTE NO. 44, HAD PROVED POPULAR CARRYING A LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS DURING THE FIRST DAY OF ITS OPERATION ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 20).
+WE HAVE LONG-TERM PLANS FOR MORE BUS ROUTES LINKING THE ISLAND WITH VARIOUS PARTS OF KOWLOON AS WELL AS WITH TSUEN WAN, AND THESE WILL BE TIED IN WITH THE OPENING OF NEW ROADS AND PUBLIC HOUSING ON THE ISLAND, HE SAID.
MR. MILLER RECALLED THAT THE FRANCHISE OF THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY WAS EXTENDED TWO YEARS AGO TO COVER OPERATION OF BUS SERVICES ON TSING YI ISLAND AND THAT A SERVICE WOULD BE INTRODUCED ONCE THE NECESSARY ROADWORKS WEREREADY.
ON MONDAY, HE SAID, WITHIN HOURS OF THE COMPLETION OF A NEW ROAD LINKING TSING YI BRIDGE AND TSING YI TOWN AS WELL AS AN ARMY-BUILT ACCESS BRIDGE, THE COMPANY STARTED ROUTE NO. 44 TO CATER FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEEDS OF THE ISLAND RESIDENTS.
THE NEW SERVICE RUNS BETWEEN TSING YI TOWN AND LAI CHI KOK WHERE INTERCHANGE FACILITIES ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES THROUGHOUT KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND, HE SAID.
ROUTE NO. 44 OPERATES AT 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY AT A 30-CENT FARE VIA THE NEWLY-OPENED PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, WHILE IN THE EVENING HOURS, JOURNEYS ARE ROUTED VIA THE ROAD INTERCHANGE SOUTH OF THE HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DAY ROUTE WHERE ROADWORKS ARE IN PROGRESS.
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