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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979
SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY SERVICE FOR TWO_KOWLOON" URBAN COACH ROUTE
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TWO KOWLOON URBAN EXPRESS COACH ROUTES, NO. 207 AND 208, WILL BE EXTENDED TO OPERATE ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS STARTING THIS SUNDAY.
*THIS FOLLOWS RECENT REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS IN BROADCAST DRIVE AND BEACON HILL TO EXTEND THE WEEKDAY SERVICE TO SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
ROUTE 207 OPERATES BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND BEACON HILL ROAD AND ROUTE 208 OPERATES BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND BROADCAST DRIVE,
FROM SUNDAY, THE HOLIDAY SERVICE ON ROUTE 207 WILL OPERATE ON 30-MINUTE AND 45-MINUTE FREQUENCIES,
THE FIRST BUS WILL LEAVE BEACON HILL ROAD AT 9 A.M. AND THE LAST BUS AT 6.45 P.M. THE FIRST BUS TO LEAVE TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE AT 9.30 A.M. AND THE LAST BUS AT 7.15 P.M.
THE HOLIDAY SERVICE FOR ROUTE 208 WILL ALSO OPERATE ON 30-MINUTE AND 45-MINUTE FREQUENCIES.
THE FIRST BUS TO LEAVE BROADCAST DRIVE WILL BE AT 9.15 A.M. AND THE LAST BUS, 7 P.M. FROM TSIM SHA TSUI, THE FIRST BUS WILL START AT 9.45 A.M. WITH THE LAST BUS AT 7.30 P.M.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE WEEKDAY HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE TWO COACH ROUTES.
CONTAINER OF MAIL LOST OVERBOARD
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A CONTAINER OF MAIL ON BOARD THE M.S. SIBONGA WHICH SAILED FOR VANCOUVER, CANADA, ON DECEMBER 22 LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN LOST OVERBOARD DURING THE VOYAGE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE LOSS WAS REGRETTED, ADDING THE SHIPPING LINE HAS INFORMED THE POSTMASTER GENERAL THAT THE LOSS WAS CAUSED BY THE EXTREMELY HEAVY WEATHER WHICH THE SHIP ENCOUNTERED DURING THE VOYAGE.+
THERE WERE 222 BAGS OF SURFACE MAIL IN THE CONTAINER WHICH HAD BEEN POSTED IN HONG KONG BETWEEN DECEMBER 10-18, FOR CANADA,
MEANWHILE THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT AIR MAIL SERVICES TO VIETNAM ARE NOW SUBJECT TO DELAY.
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