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GOOD RESPONSE TO NEW HAXICAE ROUTES
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A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S INVITATION TO OPERATE 11 NEW MAXICAB ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WAS VERY GOOD.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE „RONG PLACES TO OBTAIN THE APPLICATION FORMS.
HE SAID THE APPLICATION: FORMS COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED IN PERSON FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 OI KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI, OR BY WRITING TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THAT COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED BEFORE 5 P.M. ON JUNE 8, 1978.
THE 11 NEW MAXICAB ROUTES COVER AREAS WHERE THE USE OF BIG EUSES IS IMPRACTICAL.
AREAS SERVED BY THE NEW ROUTES INCLUDE BOWEN ROAD, SANDY BAY, KENNEDY TOWN, BROADWOOD ROAD, STANLEY, CHUNG HOM KOK, SHING ON VILLAGE AND CAPE COLL INSON.
AT PRESENT EIGHT MAXI CAE ROUTES ARE OPERATING TO THE PEAK
THESE HAVE PROVED POPULAR WITH SHOUSON HILL AND ABERDEEN AREAS. PASSENGERS AND PROFITABLE TO THE OPERATORS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO INTRODUCE ABCUT 30 MAXICAB ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND A SIMILAR NUMBER IN KOWLOON. IT IS ALSO HOPED TO INTRODUCE ABOUT 60 MAXICAE ROUTES IN THE NE.. TERRITORIES.
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HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE TO BE IMPROVED
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WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A NEW HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE TC PROVIDE BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.
MR. TOM ARMOUR, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.C.'S HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT THE PROJECT, COSTING ABOUT WÊ MILLION, WOULD BE COMPLETED IN AUTUMN NEXT YEAR.
HE SAID THAT IT WOULD COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUS TERMINUS, A TAXI STAND AND A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS. IN THE AREA WOULD ALSO BE IMPROVED.
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+WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT RESULTING FROM LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE HUNG HOM AREA AND WITH THE COMPLETION OF A NEW PASSENGER FERRY PIER IN THE VICINITY EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE EXISTING CONCOURSE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION.+ MR. ARMOUR SAID.
+ IN ORDER TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO THE TRAFFIC IN THE EXISTING CONCOURSE AREA, THE WORK MCULD BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES.+
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPER- VISED BY THE KOWLOON DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
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