THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1982
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TRAIN SERVICE REDUCED FOR ENGINEERING WORKS
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL REDUCE THREE NORTHBOUND AND THREE SOUTHBOUND TRAINS DAILY AS FROM MONDAY (FEBRUARY 8) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, TO ALLOW ESSENTIAL ENGINEERING WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT ON THE TRACK.
ANNOUNCING THE NEW TIMETABLE TODAY (THURSDAY) A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE LOOP-LINE AT BOTH UNIVERSITY AND FANLING STATIONS WOULD BE CLOSED FOR ENGINEERING WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MODERNISATION OF THE RAILWAY.
HE SAID HE WAS AWARE THAT THE REDUCTION OF THREE TRAINS EACH WAY WOULD CAUSE INCONVENIENCE, BUT EXPLAINED THAT THE REDUCTION WAS UNAVOIDABLE.
+TRAINS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS AT UNIVERSITY AND FANLING STATIONS WHILE THE WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT, HE EXPLAINED,
+HOWEVER, WE HAVE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST WHEN REVISING THE TIMETABLE AND EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO MINIMISE THE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PASSENGERS DURING THE MORNING AND PEAK PERIODS, HE SAID.
COMMUTERS ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THE NEW TIMETABLE DISPLAYED AT ALL STATIONS.
THE EXPRESS THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
YUEN LONG SPRING PARTY
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MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED A SPRING PARTY TODAY (THURSDAY) AS GUESTS OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT WERE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON HIS DEPUTY, DR RICHARD BUTLER, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, THE CHAIRMAN OF RURAL COMMITTEES, BANKERS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, THANKED LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPATION DURING THE PAST YEAR, WITHOUT WHICH, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT THEY HAD GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
MR FUNG ALSO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THOSE PRESENT TO SUPPORT NEXT MONTH'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE EIGHT DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ON MARCH 4.
THERE ARE SIX CONSTITUENCIES IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT AND ABOUT 30 000 ELECTORS. TO DATE 20 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO CONTEST THE SIX SEATS.