MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1983
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PARKING METERS FOR SHA TIN
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A TOTAL OF 185 PARKING METERS WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL AT FO TAN AND TAI WAI IN SHA TIN FROM 8 AM TOMORROW (TUESDAY), TO FACILITATE A BETTER UTILISATION OF ON-STREET PARKING SPACES.
THERE WILL BE 71 ONE-HOUR GOODS VEHICLE SPACES, 69 TWO-HOUR PRIVATE CAR SPACES AND 45 HALF-HOUR PRIVATE CAR SPACES.
OPERATING HOURS OF THESE METERS WILL BE FROM 8 AM TO & PM DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
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TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF STREET ****
SHIP STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM ON WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 17) TO ALLOW FOR THE BY-ELECTION OF THE WAN CHAI WEST CONSTITUENCY OF WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.
TRAVEL TIME CUT FOR TAI WAI RESIDENTS *****
RESIDENTS OF TAI WAI, IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF SHA TIN, WILL NOW ONLY TAKE SIX MINUTES TO TRAVEL TO THE TOWN CENTRE, FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF A TEMPORARY RAILWAY STATION THERE TODAY (MONDAY).
AND TO COPE WITH THE OPENING OF THE STATION, A NEW FEEDER BUS ROUTE, NO. 80X, WILL SOON BE INTRODUCED FROM SUN CHUI ESTATE VIA THE TEMPORARY STATION TO SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE.
THREE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS - MR NG CHAN-LAM, A RESIDENT OF TAI WAI VILLAGE, MRS CHAN LO YIN-BING, CHAIRPERSON OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, AND MR WAI HON-LEUNG THIS MORNING TOOK THEIR FIRST RIDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY STATION TO TAI WAL.
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THERE, THEY WERE PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE SERVICE WOULD PROVIDE A MORE CONVENIENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTS OF TAI WAI VILLAGE, AND SUN CHUI AND MEI LAM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES BUT ALSO FÓR WORKERS IN TUNG LO WAN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
A PERMANENT RAILWAY STATION IN TAI WAI, ABOUT 300 METRES SOUTH OF THE TEMPORARY ONE, IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN MID-1986.
ANOTHER NEW STATION WILL BE BUILT IN FO TAN IN EARLY 1985 TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC LINK WITH THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
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