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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984
VEHICLES ON HENNESSY ROAD EASTBOUND HEADING FOR NORTH POINT SHOULD PROCEED VIA MARSH ROAD FLYOVER AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD. THEY SHOULD USE PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD, WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD AND BLUE POOL ROAD TO REACH TAI HANG.
WESTBOUND VEHICLES ON KING'S ROAD, NORTH POINT, HEADING FOR WAN CHAI SHOULD USE TSING FUNG STREET FLYOVER AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD.
PEOPLE ATTENDING THE FLOWER FAIR ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
TWO MTR FEEDER ROUTES TO CONTINUE ****
THE GOVERNMENT HAS REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FIVE MTR BUS FEEDER ROUTES WHICH HAVE BEEN ON TRIAL FOR SIX MONTHS SINCE AUGUST 1983, AND HAS DECIDED TO RETAIN TWO OF THESE ROUTES.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE KMB AND CMB HAD BEEN INVITED TO OPERATE THESE FIVE ROUTES WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD GENERATE INCREASED INTERCHANGE OF BUS PASSENGERS WITH THE MTR.
HOWEVER, RESULTS DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD HAVE BEEN MIXED, WITH SOME ROUTES SHOWING VERY LOW PATRONAGE.
+MANY PASSENGERS USING SOME OF THE FEEDER ROUTES DID NOT TRANSFER TO THE MTR. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, THERE WERE ALSO MANY PASSENGERS USING OTHER SERVICES WHO DID TRANSFER TO THE MTR,+ THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
THE TWO ROUTES WHICH WILL CONTINUE OPERATION AFTER THE TRIAL PERIOD ARE: 11M FROM DIAMOND HILL MTR STATION TO SAN PO KONG, AND 5M FROM TSIM SHA TSUI MTR STATION TO TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ROUTE 11M WILL IN FUTURE BE MERGED WITH THE EXISTING ROUTE 3M.
ROUTE 23M FROM ADMIRALTY MTR STATION TO CITY GARDEN, AND 24M FROM ADMIRALTY MTR STATION TO WAN CHAI RECLAMATION WILL BE DISCONTINUED FOR THE TIME BEING.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER REINTRODUCING THESE TWO ROUTES IN SOME OTHER FORM LATER.
ROUTE 40M FROM TSUEN WAN MTR STATION TO CHAI WAN KOK WILL BE TERMINATED.
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