FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1984
NEW NT TAXI BOUNDARY EFFECTIVE SUNDAY
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THE PERMITTED AREA OF OPERATION FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS WILL BE EXTENDED FROM SUNDAY (MARCH 4), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE APPROVAL FOR THIS WAS GIVEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
THE BOUNDARY EXTENSION WILL PERMIT NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS TO GO AS FAR AS THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION, SHUN LEE ESTATE, AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
TAXIS TRAVELLING TO TSUEN WAN MTR STATION SHOULD GO VIA TUEN MUN ROAD, CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND SAI LAU KOK ROAD= OR VIA ROUTE TWISK, TSUEN KAM INTERCHANGE, WAI TSUEN STREET, SAI LAU KOK ROAD. THE UNNAMED ROAD LINKING SAI LAU KOK ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD, CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND SAI LAU KOK ROAD.
AND TAXIS TO SHUN LEE ESTATE WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL ALONG CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, THE SLIP ROAD LINKING NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND SHUN LEE TSUEN ROAD, SHUN LEE TSUEN ROAD, SHUN KING STREET AND LEE ON ROAD.
AND THE ROUTE TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WILL BE ALONG TAI PO ROAD.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID:
+TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE AND CHANNEL NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS ALONG THESE ROUTES.
+ALL NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE SIDE ROADS LEADING OFF FROM THESE ROUTES.
+NEW TERRITORIES TAXI CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED ALONG THE ROUTES LEADING TO THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION AND TO SHUN LEE ESTATE.
+WITHIN THE CLEARWAY RESTRICTED ZONES, ALL TAXI DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS, OR LOADING OR UNLOADING GOODS.
+A TAXI STAND WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION AND AT LEE ON ROAD IN SHUN LEE ESTATE. PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN OF PASSENGERS IS ALSO PERMITTED WITHIN THE 'NO WAITING' ZONE NEAR THE TAXI STAND AT LEE ON ROAD.+
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