MONDAY, JULY 7, 1980
GOVERNOR GOING ON LEAVE *****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM ON SATURDAY (JULY 12) FOR FOUR WEEKS' VACATION. HE WILL BE RETURNING TO HONG KONG ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10.
SIR MURRAY WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE HOLIDAY TO HOLD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
SIR MURRAY, BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE UK, WILL MEET PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ON THURSDAY (JULY 10) AT 3.30 PM IN THE GIS THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND.
TV CREWS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE IN GOOD TIME TO SET UP THE IR EQUIPMENT.
REPULSE BAY ROAD BUS-ONLY SCHEME
TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT SUMMER
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THE REPULSE BAY ROAD BUS-ONLY SCHEME WILL BE CONTINUED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE WERE SATISFIED THAT THE SCHEME HAD PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING BUS JOURNEY TIMES, THUS ENABLING BUSES TO COPE MORE EASILY WITH THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SEEKING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM REPULSE BAY TO CENTRAL DURING HOLIDAY AFTERNOONS.
THE ROUND JOURNEY TIME FOR BUSES BETWEEN REPULSE BAY AND CENTRAL WAS ONLY 70 MINUTES COMPARED WITH TWO AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED, AND PASSENGER WAITING TIME AT REPULSE BAY HAD BEEN CUT FROM AN HOUR TO ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
MOREOVER, THE ONE-WAY SYSTEM, WHICH MADE TWO LANES AVAILABLE FOR DIVERTED TRAFFIC ALONG ISLAND ROAD AND DEEP WATER BAY ROAD, HAD ENABLED OTHER TRAFFIC TO PROCEED SMOOTHLY.
THE SPOKESMAN REMARKED THAT AT 6 PM YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) IT TOOK ONLY 10 MINUTES TO DRIVE ALONG THE DIVERSION ROUTE FROM REPULSE BAY TO THE WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROUNDABOUT.
ONE IMPORTANT CHANGE TO THE SCHEME WILL BE THAT PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL IN FUTURE BE ALLOWED TO USE THE BUS-ONLY ROAD.
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