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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1978
SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE MOTORISTS AT SHA TIN RACE-COURSE
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IF THE PRIVATE MOTORIST IS EXPECTING THAT A DAY OUT AT THE RACES AT THE NEW SHA TIN RACE-COURSE DUE TO BE OPENED ON OCTOBER 7 IS GOING TO BE TROUBLE-FREE, THEN HE WILL BE IN FOR A CRUEL SHOCK.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. PETER MILLER, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS BEING INTRODUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW RACE-COURSE.
MR. MILLER SAID: +IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE MOTOR CAR PARKING SPACES AT THE RACE-COURSE HAS BEEN SEVERELY LIMITED TO LESS THAN 1,000, AND THESE WILL BE RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HOLDING APPROPRIATE PASSES.
+AT THE SAME TIME, SEVERE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED WITHIN SHA TIN ITSELF SO THAT NO INDISCRIMINATE PARKING CAN TAKE PLACE AND IN ANY CASE THERE IS NO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN THE NEW TOWN AND THE RACE-COURSE.
+IF THERE IS ONE TIP THAT I CAN GIVE WHICH CAN BE ASSURED OF A GOOD RETURN THEN IT IS TO TRAVEL BY ONE OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.+
MR. MILLER SAID THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINS WOULD BE OPERATED NON-STOP FROM KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION DIRECT TO THE NEW STATION AT THE RACE-COURSE AND ALL TICKETS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE AT SELECTED JOCKEY CLUB OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
FOR A $4 FARE, RACE-GOERS WOULD BE ASSURED OF A FAST, TROUBLE-FREE JOURNEY TO AND FROM THE RACE-COURSE AND THE USUAL PATTERN OF CONNECTING BUS AND FERRY SERVICES TO HUNG HOM WOULD BE ADJUSTED WHERE NECESSARY TO MEET TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, SUPPLEMENTARY EXPRESS BUS SERVICES WOULD OPERATE ON 12 ROUTES INCLUDING THREE SERVICES FROM HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX FROM KOWLOON AND THREE FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES.
/A SHUTTLE