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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1982
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MR LEEDS MADE PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WORK OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WHO ARE NOW IN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE WORK HAS ACHIEVED IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAFFIC FLOW,
HE SAID +IN THE CONGESTED CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG, WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS AND MANY CONFLICTING FLOWS OF TRAFFIC, OVERALL MOVEMENT, COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES, IS REMARKABLY GOOD, AND CONSIDERING THE SHORTAGES OF STAFF THE ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL OFFICERS IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISIONS HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A VERY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.+
SPECIAL TRAINS FOR CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL *****
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE PUT IN SERVICE BETWEEN KOWLOON AND WO HOP SHEK TO COPE WITH THE HEAVY PASSENGER TFFIC EXPECTED DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD, A KOWLUUN CANTON RAILWAY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
EXTRA TRAINS WILL BE ADDED ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY (OCTOBER 24 AND 25) AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 31), HE SAID.
ON THOSE DAYS, EIGHT SPECIAL TRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION FROM 7.15 AM AND 10 TRAINS WILL LEAVE WO HOP SHEK FROM 8.30 AM DAILY AT ABOUT HOURLY INTERVALS.
THESE SPECIAL TRAINS, AS WELL AS OTHER ORDINARY DIESEL PASSENGER TRAINS OPERATING BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU, WILL NOT STOP AT MONG KOK STATION BEFORE 2 PM. PASSENGERS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO GO TO KOWLOON STATION AT HUNG HOM DURING THIS PERIOD, HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, THREE NORTHBOUND AND FIVE SOUTHBOUND ADDITIONAL PASSENGER TRAINS WILL ALSO BE OPERATED DAILY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU ON TWO SATURDAYS (OCTOBER 23 AND 30), BEFORE AND AFTER THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
THESE EXTRA TRAINS ARE INTENDED TO EASE THE CONGESTION OF PASSENGERS GOING TO AND RETURNING FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND WILL STOP AT ALL STATIONS EXCEPT KOWLOON TONG, AND TERMINATE AT SHEUNG SHUI.
SPECIAL CROWD CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE AT KOWLOON STATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POLICE, DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED PASSENGERS GOING TO ALL NEW TERRITORIES STATIONS, INCLUDING WO HOP SHEK AND SANDY RIDGE TO QUEUE OUTSIDE THE PROMENADE AND TO ENTER THE STATION CONCOURSE BY THE WESTERN ENTRANCE.
PASSENGERS TAKING THE ELECTRIC TRAINS AND DIRECT THROUGH TRAINS SHOULD USE THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF THE STATION (NEAR THE BOOKING OFFICE), AND NEED NOT JOIN THE QUEUE FOR ENTRY INTO THE CONCOURSE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.