THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1984
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TRAFFIC DIRECTION
SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD
BETWEEN FANLING
ROUNDABOUT AND LAM KAM ROAD
BOTH DIRECTIONS
BETWEEN LAM KAM ROAD
NORTH-BOUND
AND SHA TIN RACE COURSE
BETWEEN LAM KAM ROAD AND SHA TIN RACE
SOUTH-BOUND
COURSE
PROHIBITION PERIOD
6 AM - 6 PM
6 AM
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12 NOON
12 NOON 6 PM
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO TO THE CEMETERIES, AS THERE WILL BE NO PARKING FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE VICINITY OF WO HOP SHEK, AND PARKING SPACES IN SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING AND AROUND TSUEN WAN CEMETERY ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED. VEHICLES PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT MAY BE TOWED AWAY WITHOUT WARNING.
PRIVATE CARS AND COACHES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SET DOWN OR PICK UP PASSENGERS WITHIN ONE KILOMETER ON TAI PO ROAD ON EITHER SIDE OF WO HOP SHEK ROAD, TAXIS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO SET DOWN PASSENGERS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AND WAITING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.
THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION WILL NOT OPERATE SPECIAL TRAINS TO WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY. TRAIN SERVICES AT FANLING WILL BE STRENGTHENED TO 7.5-MINUTE FREQUENCY FROM 7 AM TO 9.45 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM, AND AT 10-MINUTE FREQUENCY DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS.
* SPECIAL SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE ROUTE 7OR WILL OPERATE BETWEEN FANLING KCR STATION AND WO HOP SHEK AT EVERY THREE MINUTES WITH A SINGLE FARE OF 80 CENTS.
* GRAVE-SWEEPERS WISHING TO GO TO SANDY RIDGE CAN EITHER
USE THE REGULAR BUS SERVICE ROUTE 73K, PLYING BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND SAN UK LING, OR THE TRAIN SERVICE TO LO WU.
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GRAVE-SWEEPERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE THE VILLAGE FOOTPATHS SOUTH OF THE FANLING STATION, AS THESE ARE NOW PART OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE AND ARE NOT SAFE FOR PUBLIC USE. IF PASSENGERS WISH TO WALK TO THE CEMETERY, THEY ARE ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FROM FANLING KCR STATION TO FANLING PLAYGROUND ROAD, FANLING ROUNDABOUT, TAI PO ROAD, WO HOP SHEK INTERCHANGE AND WO HOP SHEK ROAD. APPROPRIATE SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE PEDESTRIANS.
* SEVERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION WILL OCCUR ON TAI PO ROAD
DURING THE FESTIVAL. VISITORS ARE ADVISED TO VISIT THE CEMETERIES EARLY OR ON NON-FESTIVAL DAYS. THOSE GOING TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE ROUTE TWISK AND FAN KAM ROAD OR CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TUEN MUN HIGHWAY AS ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION ON TAI PO ROAD.
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