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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1978
SECOND STAGE OF NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG EFFECTIVE TOMORROW
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THE SECOND STAGE OF A TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG DURING HORSE RACING IN SHA TIN WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THIS STAGE INVOLVES TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON WATERLOO ROAD BETWEEN PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER.
NORTHBOUND VEHICLES FROM PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE TRAFFIC LANE TO GET TO PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FOR EITHER MONG KOK OR KOWLOON CITY. INSTEAD THEY MUST CONTINUE ONTO PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER INTO KOWLOON TONG.
MOTORISTS WISHING TO GO TO EITHER MONG KOK OR KOWLOON CITY VIA PRINCE EDWARD ROAD MUST USE THE GROUND LEVEL ROADS.
SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES ON WATERLOO ROAD LEFT TURNING FROM PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WESTBOUND AND ALSO VEHICLES EMERGING FROM THE U-TURN LOOP ON WATERLOO ROAD UNDER THE PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER. ALL THESE VEHICLES MUST PROCEED ALONG THE GROUND LEVEL ROADS.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS WILL BE PROVIDED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT WHEN THE RACING SEASON STARTS IN SHA TIN THEY SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FIND PARKING IN SHA TIN.
+THERE ARE NO PARKING SPACES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHA TIN RACE-COURSE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED MOTORISTS TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTEAD. +THERE WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT BUSES, PLB'S AND THE KCR WILL BE OPERATING EXTRA SPECIAL TRAINS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SHA TIN RACE-COURSE WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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