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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1982
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NEW MAXICAB ROUTE
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A NEW KOWLOON PLB MAXICAB ROUTE - NO. 4- FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO YAU YAT CHUEN, WILL COMMENCE OPERATION FROM SUNDAY (MARCH 28).
THIS IS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDED BY KOWLOON URBAN EXPRESS COACH ROUTE NO. 202, WHICH WILL SUSPEND OPERATION AFTER ITS LAST DEPARTURE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 27).
THE MAXICAB WILL OPERATE FROM HANKOW ROAD AND TRAVEL VIA PEKING ROAD, KOWLOON PARK DRIVE, CANTON ROAD, FERRY STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, PEACE AVENUE, ARGYLE STREET, SAI YEE STREET BOUNDARY STREET, TAI HANG TUNG ROAD, TAT CHEE AVENUE, PEONY ROAD AND BEGONIA ROAD ON JOURNEYS TO YAU YAT CHUEN.
ON RETURN JOURNEYS, THEY WILL USE BEGONIA ROAD, TAT CHEE AVENUE, TAI HANG TUNG ROAD, BOUNDARY STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, PERTH STREET, GULLANÉ ROAD, ARGYLE STREET, FERRY STREET, CANTON ROAD, SALISBURY ROAD AND HANKOW ROAD.
THE PERIOD OF OPERATION WILL BE FROM 7 AM TO 11.50 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 7 AM TO 10.50 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AT 15-MINUTE FREQUENCIES DURING PEAK PERIODS, FARES WILL RANGE FROM $1 TO $1.50.
SENIOR CITIZENS LOOK AT PRISON LIFE
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A GROUP OF 25 SENIOR CITIZENS, ALL OVER 60 YEARS OLD, FROM RENNIE'S MILL VILLAGE IN KOWLOON TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE MINIMUM SECURITY MA HANG PRISON AT STANLEY.
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF OLD PEOPLE FROM THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CHURCH IN RENNIE'S MILL.
THE GROUP, LED BY REV PATRICK MASSCHELEIN, WAS SHOWN ROUND THE INSTITUTION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGÉ, MR G.A. EBRAHIM AND SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE VARIOUS FACILITIES PROVIDED INCLUDING THE GERIATRIC UNIT.
THE VISIT WAS ARRANGED FOR THE GROUP OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN WIDENING THEIR HORIZON BY VISITING A PRISON AND SEEING HONG KONG'S PENAL SYSTEM.