SUNDAY, JANAURY 25, 1987
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EXTENDED TRANSPORT ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (JANUARY 28) UNTIL EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
TO COPE WITH THE CROWDS ATTENDING FLOWER FAIRS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, THE STAR FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN EDINBURGH PLACE AND KOWLOON POINT, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND TRAMS WILL RUN ALL NIGHT.
ALSO OPERATING OVERNIGHT WILL BE KMB ROUTES 5, 6, 59M, 68M, 70; 70M AND 82M AS WELL AS GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 20M AND 29 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 37M IN KOWLOON AND 61M AND 86A IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE LAST KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TRAIN BOUND FOR LO WU WILL DEPART FROM KOWLOON STATION AT 2 AM.
AS MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FLOWER FAIR AT VICTORIA PARK, SPECIAL CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES ON ROUTES 111A (CAUSEWAY BAY TO CHOI HUNG) AND 112A (CAUSEWAY BAY TO MONG KOK) WILL BE IN SERVICE FROM 0.30 AM TO 6 AM, SUPPLEMENTING THE USUAL OVERNIGHT SERVICES OF ROUTES 121 AND 122.
IN ADDITION, CROSS-HAR BOUR ROUTES 112 AND 116 WILL OPERATE SUPPLEMENTARY JOURNEYS LINKING CAUSEWAY BAY WITH MONG KOK AND CHOI HUNG RESPECTIVELY FROM 8 PM TO MIDNIGHT.
CMB WILL ALSO RUN THREE SPECIAL ROUTES TO VICTORIA PARK. OF THESE, ROUTE 86 PLYING BETWEEN CHAI WAN EAST AND CAUSEWAY ROAD (VIA WAN TSUI ROAD) WILL OPERATE FROM 8 PM TO MIDNIGHT. ROUTES 304 AND 308, LINKING CAUSEWAY ROAD WITH WAH FU AND CHAI WAN EAST (VIA NORTH POINT AND SHAU KEI WAN) RESPECTIVELY, WILL START RUNNING AT AROUND 0.45 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL 5 AM.
FROM 6 PM, CMB ROUTE 5B WILL BE EXTENDED TO CAUSEWAY BAY OUTSIDE VICTORIA PARK. BUSES ON THIS ROUTE WILL STOP SERVICE FOR THE DAY AT 2 AM.
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MEANWHILE, MANY BUS SERVICES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR WILL FINISH LATER THAN USUAL. THESE INCLUDE CMB ROUTES 1, 2 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 37, 38, 40, 47, 48, 70, 71, 73, 81, 83, 90M, 92 AND 95. ALL WILL CEASE OPÉRATING ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THAN ON NORMAL WEEKDAYS.
SERVICES ON 38 KMB ROUTES WILL BE EXTENDED BY AN HOUR. THEY ARE ROUTES 1, 2A, 3C, 6A, 6B, 9 10, 14, 150, 16, 21, 28, 31M, 32, 33, 35, 36A, 36M, 37, 39A, 44A, 44M, 46, 54, 59, 60M, 63, 66M, 67M, 72X, 73, 76K, 77K, anx, 81K, 85, 85A AND 88K.
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