THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988
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EXTENDED TRANSPORT SERVICES ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (FEBRUARY 16) UNTIL EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
TO COPE WITH THE CROWDS ATTENDING FLOWER FAIRS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, THE STAR FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN BDINBURGH PLACE AND KOWLOON POINT, AND TRAMS AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, WILL OPERATE ALL NIGHT.
THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY SERVICE FROM NORTH POINT TO KWUN TONG WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1 AM, WHILE THE PEAK TRAM SERVICE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED IF NECESSARY.
ALSO OPERATING OVERNIGHT WILL BE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS ROUTES 5, 6, 80M, 82M AND 85K AS WELL AS GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 20M AND 29 ON HONG KONG ISLAND; 33M AND 37M IN KOWLOON; AND 86 AND 89M IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE EXTENDED OPERATING PERIOD, KMB ROUTE 80M WILL BE RE- ROUTED TO OPERATE BETWEEN KOWLOON TONG MTR STATION AND WO CHE.
THE LAST KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TRAIN BOUND FOR SHEUNG SHUI WILL DEPART FROM KOWLOON STATION AT 2 AM.
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AS MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FLOWER FAIR AT VICTORIA PARK SPECIAL CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES ON ROUTES 111A AND 111S (CAUSEWAY BAY TO CHOI HUNG) AND ROUTES 112A AND 112S (CAUSEWAY BAY ΤΟ MONG KOK) WILL BE IN SERVICE FROM HALF PAST MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM, SUPPLEMENTING THE OVERNIGHT SERVICES OF ROUTES 121 AND 122.
MOREOVER, CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 112 AND 116 WILL OPERATE SUPPLEMENTARY JOURNEYS LINKING CAUSEWAY BAY WITH MONG KOK AND CHOI HUNG RESPECTIVELY FROM 8 PM TO MIDNIGHT.
CHINA MOTOR BUS WILL ALSO RUN THREE SPECIAL ROUTES TO VICTORIA PARK. OF THESE, ROUTE 86 PLYING BETWEEN CHAI WAN EAST AND CAUSEWAY ROAD WILL OPERATE FROM 8 PM TO MIDNIGHT.
CAUSEWAY
ROAD WITH WAH
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ROUTES 304, 308 AND 392 LINKING CHAI WAN EAST, AND AP LEI CHAU ESTATE RESPECTIVELY, WILL OPERATE BETWEEN ONE MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT TO 5 AM.
FROM 7 PM, CMB ROUTE 58 WILL BE EXTENDED TO CAUSEWAY ROAD OUTSIDE VICTORIA PARK. BUSES ON THIS ROUTE WILL CLOSE FOR THE DAY AT 2 AM.
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MEANWHILE, MANY BUS SERVICES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR WILL
2, 3, 4, FINISH LATER THAN USUAL. THESE INCLUDE CMB ROUTES 1,
6. 7 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 37, 38, 40, 47, 48, 70, 71, 73, 81, 83, 90, 92, 95, 97, AND 98 WHICH WILL. CEASE OPERATING ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THAN ON NORMAL WEEKDAYS.
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