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VERKSDAY, SEPTEMER 25, 1985
NEVERTHELESS THESE IS A CLEAR CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE AGAINST THESE NINE ESTABLISHMENTS AS BEING +RIP-OFF+ BARS WHERE UNSUSPECTING TOURISTS ARE UNSCRUPULOUSLY OVER-CHARGED.
THIS BOARD THEREFORE IS TODAY ISSUING A CLEAR AND EMPHATIC WARNING TO THE LICENSEES OF THESE AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS THAT MIGHT ATTEMPT SIMILAR +RIP-OFFS+ THAT ANY CONVICTION UNDER THE RELEVANT REGULATIONS RELATING TO THIS BOARD'S POWERS MAY LEAD TO THE TERMINATION OF THE LICENCE OF THE BAR CONCERNED.
THIS BOARD WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY AND ALLOW THIS FORM OF BLATANT OVER-CHARGING TO CONTINUE, THEREBY GIVING HONG KONG AN UNWARRANTED REPUTATION AMONG OVERSEAS VISITORS.
TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AREAS TO OPEN ******
THE MONG KOK KCR STATION TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINUS WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 28), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
+WITH THE NEW TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE FACILITIES COMING INTO USE, PASSENGERS WILL FIND IT MUCH EASIER TO TRANSFER TO BUSES, GREEN MINIBUSES, TAXIS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, THE DEPARTMENT'S SPOKESMAN SAID.
+CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION INTERCHANGE IS NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE GROWTH IN TRAIN TRAFFIC FOLLOWING THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KCR, THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS ALONG THE TRAIN CORRIDOR AND THE RAPID INCREASE IN TRAFFIC BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG,
+TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WAS NOT SERVED BY SUFFICIENT TERMINATING BUS SERVICES. THE OPENING OF THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TERMINATE ANOTHER FOUR BUS ROUTES IN THIS AREA,+ HE SAID.
BOTH TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AREAS WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSES, GREEN MINIBUSES AND TAXIS.
THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST TERMINUS, SITUATED AT SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD NEAR HONG TAT PATH, WILL ALSO PROVIDE A COACH PARK WITH 27 METERED PARKING SPACES FOR COACHES AND 85 PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR CYCLES.
THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM SATURDAY :
* THE MONG