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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988
CROSS-BORDER COACH TRAFFIC TO INCREASE FURTHER
*
INCREASED
TRANSPORT, MR
PASSENGERS CARRIED BY COACHES ACROSS THE BORDER HAVE 30 TIMES IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR JAMES SO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
CROSS-BORDER "LAST YEAR,
COACHES CARRIED
ONE OVER HE SAID.
MILLION
PASSENGERS AS COMPARED TO ONLY 33,000 IN 1981,
LATEST
COMPANY'S
MR SO WAS OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY TO LAUNCH CITYBUS'S
HAS FULL AIR-CONDITIONING MODEL OF DELUXE DOUBLE-DECK COACHES WHICH
BE USED ON THE AND TOILET FACILITIES. THE NEW BUS CROSS-BORDER SERVICES.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE THIRD
WILL
CROSS-BORDER CONTROL
POINT AT COACH TRAFFIC
LOK MA CHAU SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, MR SO ANTICIPATED THAT ACROSS THE BORDER WOULD INCREASE FURTHER.
KONG AND
UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR "WITH THE MANY ROAD PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED IN GUANGDONG, TRAVELLING BY ROAD BETWEEN HONG CHINA WILL BE EASIER AND WILL BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE.
AND
COMFORTABLE "THERE IS THUS A CLEAR NEED TO PROVIDE A MORE
THE LUXURIOUS COACH SERVICE TO CATER FOR
MORE UP-MARKET TRAVELLERS LONGER DISTANCE BY WISHING TO TRAVEL
COACH, AND THE NEW LUXURY
HE ADDED. DOUBLE-DECK COACH LAUNCHED TODAY IS JUST WHAT IS NEEDED,
NOTED MR 80
THAT CROSS-BORDER COACH EXPANDED SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN MID-1981.
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SERVICES HAD
IN 1981, THERE WAS ONLY ONE OPERATOR WITH A FLEET OF PROVIDING 26 CROSSINGS DAILY THROUGH MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT.
GREATLY
30 BUSES
TAU KOK WAS OPENED IN BY THE TIME THE CONTROL POINT AT SHA
DEPLOYING A MARCH 1985, THE NUMBER OF OPERATORS HAD INCREASED TO 16, TOTAL OF 99 BUSES TO PROVIDE OVER 70 DAILY CROSSINGS.
TODAY, A TOTAL OF 147 COACHES CROSS AVERAGE, SOME 3,000 PASSENGERS A DAY.
THE BORDER CARRYING, ON
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