BUS ROUTE CHANGES *****
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1976
A NUMBER OF BUS ROUTE CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
IMPROVED BUS SERVICES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE TUEN MUN AREA TOMORROW (FRIDAY). THIS INCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW KMB ROUTE 61 BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG VIA HA TSUEN.
IN KOWLOON, K.M.B. ROUTE 2C WILL BE AMENDED SO AS TO TERMINATE AT TAI HANG TUNG INSTEAD OF YAU YAT CHUEN.
STARTING FROM SUNDAY (JULY 18), CMB ROUTES 3, 6, 6A AND 15 WILL BE RE-ROUTED ON JOURNEYS TO CENTRAL VIA QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND QUEEN VICTORIA STREET INSTEAD OF PEDDER STREET.
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN CMB AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR A NEW ROUTE TO BE INTRODUCED SHORTLY BETWEEN THE HING WAH ESTATE AT CHAI WAN AND LAI TAK TSUEN VIA NORTH POINT AND CAUSEWAY BAY. IT IS HOPED TO START THIS SERVICE AT THE EARLIEST IN AUGUST.
MA IL SERVICES TO VIETNAM
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THE POST OFF ICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT REGISTERED AND ORDINARY AIR AND SURFACE LETTER-POST ITEMS WILL NOW BE ACCEPTED AT THE POST OFFICES FOR DESPATCH TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF VIETNAM.
THESE ITEMS INCLUDE LETTERS, POSTCARDS, PRINTED PAPERS,
LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND AND SMALL PACKETS.
OTHER SERVICES, SUCH AS PARCEL POST, EXPRESS AND SO ON, ARE STILL SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
J