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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989
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ROUTE 81C, INTRODUCED IN JANUARY, RUNS FROM MA ON SHAN IN TIN TO TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AND HELPS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TAKING THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TO THE KOWLOON TONG KCR STATION INTERCHANGING TO THE MTR.
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ROUTE 30%, INTRODUCED IN FEBRUARY, TAKES PASSENGERS FROM WAN KOK IN TSUEN WAN TO JORDAN AND PROVIDES SOME RELIEF то THE OVERCROWDING SITUATION ALONG THE MTR TSUEN WAN LINE.
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION HAS ALSO AGREED ANNOUNCE ON THEIR TRAINS AND PLATFORMS THE AVAILABILITY OF BUS SERVICES FROM THE KCR KOWLOON STATION (HUNG HOM) TO TSIM SHA TSUI.
SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE ON TRAINS GOING BETWEEN TAI WAI AND KOWLOON TONG STATIONS AND ON STATION PLATFORMS BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND TAI WAI.
THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS, STARTING IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AIM то ENCOURAGE TRAIN PASSENGERS HEADING FOR TSIM SHA TSUI TO USE BUSES INSTEAD OF INTERCHANGING TO THE MTR AT THE OVERCROWDED KOWLOON TONG STATION.
THERE IS STILL SPARE CAPACITY DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOURS ON FOUR KNB BUS ROUTES 1K, 50, 8 AND 8A ALL GOING TO TSIM SHA TSUI THAT PASSENGERS CAN TAKE AT THE KCR KOWLOON STATION.
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THERE ARE NEW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AT THE KOWLOON STATION PODIUM HALL TO INDICATE THE LOCATIONS OF THE BUS STOPS FOR THESE FOUR BUS ROUTES. ALSO, KMB WILL PUT UP DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AT THE STATION BUS TERMINUS TO AID PASSENGERS.
TEN SENIOR POLICEMEN PROMOTED
POLICE TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF TEN SENIOR OFFICERS, INCLUDING A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT TO THE RANK OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT; THREE SUPERINTENDENTS TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS; AND SIX CHIEF INSPECTORS TO SUPERINTENDENTS.
AT A CEREMONY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THE COMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, PRESENTED LETTERS OF PROMOTION TO THE OFFICERS AND CONGRATULATED THEM ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
THE NEWLY PROMOTED CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT IS MR GEORGE MURPHY OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
THE NEW SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS ARE MR AU YIU-KWAN WHO HOLDS THE POST OF DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER, WESTERN; MR STEVE VICKERS, SENIOR STAFF OFFICER, CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, AND MR IAIN GRANT, WHO IS SECONDED TO THE LONDON OFFICE AS POLICE APPOINTMENTS OFFICER.
ANOTHER SIX OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SUPERINTENDENT ARE MESSRS ROD COLSON, LEUNG KA-HUNG, LEE WAI-LAM, JEFF RICHARDS, NOEL HOWCROFT AND LO CHI-MING.
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