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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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GIFT FOR SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS
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THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD HAS PRINTED 40 000 POCKET- SIZED CALENDAR CARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO RESIDENTS AS A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFT.
THE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AT 39 TONKIN STREET, KOWLOON, AND ITS FOUR SUB-OFFICES.
NEW TUEN MUN FERRY PIER OPENS FRIDAY
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A NEW FERRY PIER WILL OPEN IN TUEN MUN ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 5).
THE PIER, SITUATED OFF BUTTERFLY ESTATE, WILL ACCOMMODATE TWO SERVICES OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY - THE CENTRAL TO TUEN MUN HOVERFERRY SERVICE AND THE CENTRAL TO TAI 0, VIA TUEN MUN AND SHA LO WAN, EXCURSION SERVICE.
AT PRESENT, THESE ROUTES OPERATE FROM A MAKESHIFT FERRY PIER NEAR YAU OI ESTATE.
WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW PIER, THE HOVERFERRY SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO OPERATE FROM 6.30 AM TO 7.30 PM ON MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS AND FROM 6.55 AM TO 7.30 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
AT THE SAME TIME, TWO TAXI STANDS AND A TEMPORARY CAR PARK TO THE WEST OF THE PIER WILL BE OPENED TO PUBLIC USE.
FERRY PASSENGERS SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS IN INTERCHANGING AS THE NEW PIER IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE BUS TERMINUS, WHICH IS THE TERMINAL POINT FOR FIVE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS ROUTES.
THESE ROUTES NO. 59, 59A, 59B, 59M AND 61A LINK THE ESTATE WITH TAI HING, SHAM SHUI PO FERRY PIER, SIU HONG COURT, TSUEN WAN MTR STATION AND YUEN LONG (EAST), RESPECTIVELY.
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