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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1991
EXPRESS BUS SERVICE
THRY RXPLAINED THE DETAILS OF THE NEW WHICH WILL BE OPERATING FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY BETWEEN 7.45 AM AND 9 AM AT A THREE-MINUTE INTERVAL.
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ON KOWLOON SIDE, THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE PICK-UP POINT AT THE SOUTHERNMOST END OF THE BUS BAY AT THE TOLL PLAZA ARṚA OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.
A NEW PASSENGER WAITING AREA HAS JUST BEEN ASSIGNED AND SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE PASSENGERS FROM THE KCR TO THE BUS PICK-UP POINT IMMEDIATELY AS THEY DESCEND THE FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE TOLL BOOTHS.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE BUS WILL. DROP OFF PASSENGERS IN CAUSEWAY BAY, WAN CHAI, ADMIRALTY AND CENTRAL.
THE KMB AND THE CMB TOGETHER WILL DEPLOY 14 AIR-CONDITIONED BUSES AND IT CAN CARRY 3,000 PASSENGERS IN ONE PEAK HOUR. THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE UNTI, SEPTEMBER 30 THIS YEAR.
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE KCRC, ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE NEW SERVICE WILL BE MADE AT THE KCR STATIONS AND ON TRAINS WHILE NOTICES WILL BE PUT UP AT THE KOR STATIONS TO INFORM PASSENGERS OF THE NEW ROUTE.
COMMEND ING THE NEW BUS SERVICE, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR GORDON K.C. SIU, SAID:
"THIS NEW AND CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE FORM OF LAND TRANSPORT WILL HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION ALONG THE MTR'S NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR.
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HE ALSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT I
IS WORKING ON OTHER NEW SCHEMES WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED DURING THE SUMMER.
ALL THESE EFFORTS REFLECTED GOVERNMENT'S ALL DETERMINATION TO HELP, RELIEVE MTR'S PEAK HOUR CONGESTION.
TRANSPORT,
IS
"OUR MOTTO, IN DEVISING THE ALTERNATIVE MODE OF THAT IT MUST BE PAST, COMFORTABLE AND CHEAPER WHEN COMPARING ΤΟ THE EXISTING MODE, HE ADDED.
COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON PROPOSALS ON LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL
MEMBERS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WERE BRIEFED AT A MEETING TODAY (THURSDAY) ON THE GOVERNMENT'S OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A PACKAGE OF AIMING AT MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CAUSED BY WASTE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LOCAL LIVESTOCK.
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