THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1985
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THE TAI PO ROAD TAI WO SECTION WEST SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN HONG LOK YUEN AND WO HOP SHEK MINI-ROUNDABOUT WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND ON THE FIVE DAYS MENTIONED ABOVE, BETWEEN 6 AM AND 6 PM.
SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC SHOULD USE TAI PO ROAD TAI WO SECTION
INSTEAD.
THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE THEIR PRIVATE CARS BUT TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO TO THE CEMETERIES, AS THERE WILL BE NO PARKING FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE VICINITY OF WO HOP SHEK. PARKING SPACES IN SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING AND AROUND TSUEN WAN CEMETERY ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED. VEHICLES PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT WILL BE TOWED AWAY WITHOUT WARNING,
PRIVATE CARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SET DOWN OR PICK UP PASSENGERS ON EITHER SIDE OF WO HOP SHEK ROAD,
KCRC SERVICE WILL BE STRENGTHENED AND OPERATE AT FIVE-MINUTE FREQUENCY FROM 7 AM TO 9.45 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM, AND AT 10-MINUTE FREQUENCY DURING OFF PEAK PERIODS ON THE FIVE DAYS MENTIONED.
SPECIAL SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE 70R WILL OPERATE BETWEEN FANLING KCR STATION AND WO HOP SHEK ON THE DAYS MENTIONED, AT THREE-MINUTE INTERVALS,
A $1 SINGLE FARE WILL BE CHARGED.
GRAVE-SWEEPERS WISHING TO GO TO SANDY RIDGE MAY USE REGULAR BUS SERVICES 73K PLYING BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND SAN UK LING, OR THE ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE TO LO WU. PLBS AND TAXIS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO SET DOWN AND PICK UP PASSENGERS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS; WAITING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.
GRAVE-SWEEPERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE THE FOOTPATHS SOUTH
OF THE FANLING STATION AS THESE ARE NOW PART OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE AND ARE NOT SAFE FOR PUBLIC USE, 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.
ROAD.
THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON TAI PO
VISITORS ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THE CEMETERIES EARLY OR ON OTHER 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.
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