THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1979
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THE OPENING CEREMONY, HE SAID, MARKED THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE PLANT AND INITIATED A PERIOD OF TESTING AND EVALUATION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN FULL-SCALE OPERATION DURING THE EARLY PART OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
HE THANKED ALL THOSE WHOSE HARD WORK AND EFFORT HAD TRANSFORMED THE PLANS OF THE PROJECT INTO REALITY.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF PWD WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND THE E. AND M. OFFICE WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROJECT.
AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY, MISS MIRIAM TSANG. DAUGHTER OF MR. C.K. TSANG, SENIOR TECHNICAL OFFICER, PRESENTED MRS. HO WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
SPECIAL TRAINS TO SHA TIN RACE COURSE STATION
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL OPERATE THREE SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAINS TO THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE STATION ON SATURDAY.
THESE SPECIAL NON-STOP TRAINS WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON STATION IN HUNG HOM AT 12.30 P.M., 12.51 P.M. AND 1.11 P.M.
THREE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL ALSO BE OPERATED TO CARRY PASSENGERS BACK FROM THE RACE COURSE STATION TO KOWLOON STATION. IN ADDITION, KCR WILL RE-ROUTE THREE OF ITS SCHEDULED TRAINS VIA THE RACE COURSE STATION AT 6.12 P.M., 8.12 P.M. AND 8.52 P.M. TO PICK UP PASSENGERS.
THE RUNNING TIME OF THESE SPECIAL TRAINS IS 20 MINUTES AND TIMETABLES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT ALL RAILWAY STATIONS AND AT THE JOCKEY CLUB'S OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRES.
THOSE GOING BY PRIVATE CARS ARE ADVISED TO USE THE HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK ABOVE THE KOWLOON STATION,
MEANWHILE, THE TIMETABLES OF THE SCHEDULED TRAINS BETWEEN 10.30 A.M. AND 11 P.M. HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
FROM KOWLOON STATION: 10.57 A.M., 12.10 P.M., 1.18 P.M.,
* 2 P.M. 2.11 P.M., 3.05 P.M. 5 P.M., 5.34 P.M., 6.02 P.M., 7 P.M., 7.56 P.M., 9.08 P.M. AND 11 P.M.
FROM LO WU STATION: 10.47 A.M.. 11.53 A.M.
1.55 P.M., 2.54 P.M.. 5.27 P.M., 6.22 P.M., AND 9.15 P.M.
4.04 P.M.,
12.58 P.M.,
3.49 P.M., 4.29 P.M., 7.18 P.M., 8.07 P.M.
* THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN BETWEEN KOWLOON AND CANTON.
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