THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1976
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL APPLY ON THE FOLLOWING FRANCHISED BUS ROUTES ON MONDAY (APRIL 5): ROUTE NO. 70 (SHEUNG SHUI TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY VIA LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD) WILL OPERATE FROM SHEUNG SHUI EVERY 12 MINUTES FROM 6 A.M. TO 7.50 A.M. AND FROM 3 P.M. TO 9 P.M., AND EVERY 15 MINUTES BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 11.15 P.M. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE FROM SHEUNG SHUI BETWEEN 7.50 A.M. AND 3 P.M. BUSES WILL OPERATE FROM JORDAN ROAD TO SHEUNG SHUI EVERY 12 MINUTES BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 9 A.M., AND EVERY 15 MINUTES BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 11.15 P.M.
BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 3 P.M., OPERATING TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY, SHU TO YUEN LONG) ROUTE NO. 50, FERRY) WILL BE AUGMENTED.
WHEN ROUTE NO. 70 WILL NOT BE SERVICES ON ROUTE NO. 77, (SHEUNG
(YUEN LONG TO JORDAN ROAD
ROUTE NO. 73 (SHEUNG SHUI TO TAI PO MARKET) WILL OPERATE EVERY 12 MINUTES BETWEEN 6.30 A.M. AND 7.42 A.M. FROM SHEUNG SHUI,
THE SERVICE AND BETWEEN 6.24 A.M. AND 8.12 A.M. FROM TAIPO MARKET. WILL BE SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY WHILE THE ROAD DIVERSIONS ARE IN OPERATION.
A SPECIAL ROUTE, NO. 82A, WILL OPERATE BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND MAN KAM TO (SAN UK LING) VIA MAN KAM TO ROAD EVERY 30 MINUTES FROM 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AT A FARE OF 20 CENTS.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT SEVERE CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON TAIPO ROAD ON THESE DATES.
ANYONE GOING TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE ROUTE TWISK OR CASTLE PEAK ROAD AS ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.
HONG KONG ISLAND
ON HONG KONG ISLAND THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE CHING MING FESTIVAL.
FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. ON SUNDAY (APRIL 4), PEEL RISE FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. DURING THE SAME PERIOD THE FOLLOWING ROADS WILL BE MADE ONE-WAY CONSORT RISE ONE-WAY SOUTHWARDS FROM VICTORIA ROAD TO BISNEY ROAD- CAPE COLLINSON ROAD ONE-WAY WESTWARDS FROM LIN SHING ROAD TO SHEK O ROAD AND LIN SHING ROAD ONE-WAY EASTWARDS FROM WAN TSUI ROAD TO CAPE COLLINSON ROAD,
DURING THESE PERIODS IT MAY BE NECESSARY, DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, TO CLOSE CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED EVERY SEVEN OR EIGHT MINUTES BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 6 P.M. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY (APRIL 4 AND 5) ROUTE 21A BETWEEN CENTRAL AND CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY AND ROUTE 22A BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND CAPE COLLINSON ROAD.
NO FRANCHISED BUSES WILL STOP OPPOSITE THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY ON JOURNEYS TO WAH FU, ABERDEEN AND WONG CHUK HANG.
VEHICLES PARKED ILLEGALLY IN ANY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS WILL BE TOWED AWAY BY THE POLICE. TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE DISPLAYED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS, WHO ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE ABOVE AREAS UNLESS THEIR JOURNEYS ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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