SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1964
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM.
PEAK TRAM SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1 AM. TRAM SERVICES, EXCEPT THOSE AROUND THE HAPPY VALLEY LOOP AND BETWEEN WHITTY STREET AND KENNEDY TOWN, WILL OPERATE UNTIL 2 AM.
CHINA MOTOR BUS WILL EXTEND ITS SERVICES ON SEVERAL MAJOR ROUTES, INCLUDING NOS. 2, 4, 7, 10 AND 23.
THE LAST DEPARTURES ON ROUTE 2 FROM SHAU KEI WAN AND MACAU FERRY WILL BE AT 1.15 AM AND 2 AM RESPECTIVELY; ON NO. 4 FROM WA FU AND CENTRAL WILL BE AT 0.30 AM AND 1 AM; ON NO. 7 FROM SHEK PAI WAN AND CENTRAL AT 2 AM AND 2.30 AM; ON NO. 10 FROM NORTH POINT FERRY AND KENNEDY TOWN AT 1 AM AND 2 AM; AND ON NO. 23 FROM NORTH POINT FERRY AND POKFIELD ROAD AT 0.30 AM AND 1.15 AM.
KOWLOON MOTOR BUS WILL ALSO BE EXTENDING ITS SERVICES.
THE LAST DEPARTURES ON ROUTE 1A FROM SAU MAU PING AND STAR FERRY WILL BE AT 0.43 AM AND 1.40 AM RESPECTIVELY ON NO. 5 FROM CHOI HUNG AND STAR FERRY AT 1,20 AM AND 2 AM; ON NO. 5C FROM TSZ WAN SHAN AND STAR FERRY AT 0.40 AM AND 1.30 AM AND ON NO. 6 FROM LAI CHI KOK AND STAR FERRY AT 1.18 AM AND 2 AM.
IN ADDITION, MANY MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE IN OPERATION FOR LONGER HOURS.
MORE AMENITY AREAS FOR SHA TIN
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ELEVEN BARREN SITES IN THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHA TIN NEW TOWN HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TURNED INTO AMENITY SPOTS.
THESE FACILITIES ARE: SIX SITTING-OUT AREAS, THREE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS AND TWO BARBECUE AREAS. ALL WITH LIGHTINGS, BENCHES AND SHADES, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE EXTENSIVELY LANDSCAPED AND PLANTED WITH MORE THAN 20 000 TREES AND SHRUBS.
THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS ARE PROVIDED WITH A BROAD RANGE OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SLIDES, SEESAWS, SWINGS AND MULTI-PURPOSE PLAY-STRUCTURES.
BUILT BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE PROJECTS ARE MANAGED BY THE NTSD.
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