SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1984
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PHONE SERVICES FOR URBCO EVENTS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL INTRODUCE A TELEPHONE RESERVATION SERVICE FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) FOR MOST OF ITS CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTATIONS.
PATRONS WISHING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW SERVICE MAY DIAL 5-739595 AND EACH OF THEM MAY RESERVE UP TO SIX SEATS FOR A PERFORMANCE. THE TICKETS FOR THE BEST AVAILABLE SEATS AT THE TIME OF CALLING MAY BE COLLECTED UPON PAYMENT AT ANY OF THE BOX OFFICES AT THE CITY HALL, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, SPACE MUSEUM AND HONG KONG COLISEUM.
ON CALLING, THE PATRON SHOULD TELL THE OPERATOR THE NAME, DATE, TIME AND VENUE OF THE EVENT, AND THE PRICE AND NUMBER OF TICKETS HE WANTS. HE SHOULD ALSO STATE HIS NAME, IDENTITY CARD NUMBER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, WHICH HE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE MUST REPEAT WHEN COLLECTING THE TICKETS. THE TICKETS MUST BE CLAIMED WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER A RESERVATION IS MADE BUT ONE DAY BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE NEW SERVICE HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE COUNCIL'S COMPUTERISED TICKETING SYSTEM, KNOWN AS URBTIX, WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
HE SAID THAT THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF URBTIX IS THAT THE BEST AVAILABLE SEATS FOR ANY PERFORMANCE ARE OFFERED AT ALL THE COMPUTERISED BOX OFFICES.
+PATRONS MAY THEREFORE SAVE MUCH TIME BY CALLING AT THE LESS BUSY BOX OFFICES SUCH AS THOSE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AND THE HONG KONG COLISEUM, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
ROUNDABOUT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC ***
THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A ROUNDABOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF SOUTH BAY ROAD AND SOUTH BAY CLOSE FOR USE AS A TEMPORARY BUS TURNING FACILITY.
NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED WORK, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE MID-1985, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FOR MANY YEARS, PUBLIC BUSES TERMINATING IN REPULSE BAY HAVE HAD TO MAKE ON-STREET THREE-POINT TURNS NEAR THE EXIT OF THE HOTEL.
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