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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1986
FROM 6 PM ONWARDS, HYSAN AVENUE BETWEEN LEIGHTON ROAD AND YUN PING ROAD, AND LEIGHTON ROAD BETWEEN CANAL ROAD EAST AND WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD WILL BE REROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND. KESWICK STREET, LAU LI STREET BETWEEN ELECTRIC ROAD AND HING FAT STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD BETWEEN PENNINGTON STREET AND HYSAN AVENUE, AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD BETWEEN MORETON TERRACE AND THE RAMP TO TAI HANG ROAD SOUTHBOUND WILL BECOME ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
VEHICLES ON HENNESSY ROAD EASTBOUND HEADING FOR NORTH POINT SHOULD PROCEED VIA MARSH ROAD FLYOVER AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD. THEY SHOULD USE PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD, WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD AND BLUE POOL ROAD TO REACH TAI HANG.
WESTBOUND VEHICLES ON KING'S ROAD, NORTH POINT, HEADING FOR WAN CHAI SHOULD USE TSING FUNG STREET FLYOVER AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD.
BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FLOWER FAIR AT VICTORIA PARK, SOME BUS ROUTES AND GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL HAVE TO BE DIVERTED,
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THE FLOWER FAIRS ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
PUBLIC URGED TO AVOID CONGESTION
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOING TO THE FLOWER FAIR AT VICTORIA PARK ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (FEBRUARY 8) ARE URGED TO EXERCISE COMMONSENSE AND SELF-DISCIPLINE IN THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ALTHOUGH MOST PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WOULD BE EXTENDED, THE CROWDS COULD NOT BE CLEARED ALL AT ONCE IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE FLOWER FAIR.
HE APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO LEAVE THE FAIR SITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO AS NOT TO OVERBURDEN TRANSPORT SERVICES, PARTICULARLY AFTER 2 AM WHEN THE MTR AND KMB START THEIR FREE SERVICES. THE PEAK HOUR OF LATE NIGHT SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT AS THE FREE SERVICES WILL RUN UP TO 6 AM, PEOPLE SHOULD EXERCISE FLEXIBILITY AND SPREAD OUT THEIR JOURNEY HOME TIME.
BUS USERS WERE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE SEVEN MAINLAND SERVICES NO. 5, 6, 59M, 68M, 70, 70M AND 82M AND FOUR CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICES NO. 111A, 112A, 121 AND 122 OPERATED BY KMB WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE FROM 2 AM.
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