SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1977
SPECIAL BUS SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 6 P.M. ON APRIL 5 AS FOLLOWS:
ROUTE 21A (FROM CENTRAL TO CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY) WILL OPERATE AT A FREQUENCY OF EVERY SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES AND ROUTE 89 (FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO CAPE COLLINSON ROAD) WILL ALSO OPERATE AT THE SAME FREQUENCY.
BUSES WILL NOT, HOWEVER, STOP AT THE BUS STOP OPPOSITE THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY ON JOURNEYS TO WAH FU, ABERDEEN AND WONG CHUK HANG.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS BUT THEY ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE AREAS MENTIONED UNLESS THEIR JOURNEY IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
MOTORISTS ARE ALSO ADVISED. THAT VEHICLES PARKED ILLEGALLY IN ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AREAS WILL BE TOWED AWAY BY THE POLICE.
AIR TRAFFIC RIGHTS
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THE THAI GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN UNILATERAL ACTION TO RESTRICT THE TRAFFIC RIGHTS OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, WHICH ARE CLEARLY AVAILABLE TO THEM UNDER EXISTING HK/THAILAND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS,
THEIR ACTION CONCERNS WITHDRAWING APPROVAL FROM APRIL 1 FOR CPA TO OPERATE SERVICES BEYOND BANGKOK TO BAHRAIN, WHICH CPA HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR SOME MONTHS. ADDITIONALLY, PERMISSION HAS BEEN REFUSED FOR CPA TO OPERATE NEW SERVICES TO PENANG VIA BANGKOK FOR WHICH DUE NOTICE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A VERY SERIOUS VIEW OF THIS MATTER AND, TO RESTORE A BALANCED AGREEMENT, HAS BEEN OBLIGED TO RESTRICT THE SERVICES OF THAI INTERNATIONAL TO THE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND ROUTE POINTS BEING OPERATED BY CPA. THESE CPA SERVICES ARE FIVE WEEKLY RETURN FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND BANGKOK AND SEVEN WEEKLY RETURN FLIGHTS ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG-BANGKOK-SINGAPORE. FROM APRIL 1, THAI INTERNATIONAL WILL THEREFORE ONLY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE FIVE WEEKLY RETURN FLIGHTS BETWEEN BANGKOK AND HONG KONG AND SEVEN WEEKLY RETURN FLIGHTS ON THE ROUTE BANGKOK-HONG KONG- OSAKA.
RECENT TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS RESULTED IN NO AGREEMENT BEING REACHED AND BOTH SIDES HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO MEET AGAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE CURRENT DIFFICULTIES.
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