FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1993
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"ΤΟ ENSURE OPERATING EFFICIENCY, FIVE OF THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS ROUTES RUNNING ON THE SECTION OF LION ROAD NEAR SAN TIN WAI WILL DE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA THE BUS LANE ON HUNG MUI KUK ROAD, HE SAID.
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EXISTING ROCK TUNNEL CONTINUOUS
"SOME BUSES WILL RUN EMPTY ON THEIR MORNING RETURN JOURNEYS KOWLOON VIA TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL DURING MORNING PEAK HOURS SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICE LEVEL OF BUS SERVICES TO HANDLE THE HEAVY KOWLOON-BOUND PASSENGER TRAFFIC, HE ADDED.
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A BUS PRIORITY SCHEME WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ON THE SIU LEK YUEN APPROACH TO TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL WHICH WILL BENEFIT 15 BUS ROUTES. THRRE EXTERNAL KOWLOON MOTOR BUS ROUTES FROM MA ON SHAN TO WONG TAI SIN, TSIM SHA TSUI AND KWUN TONG WILL BE ENHANCED.
"A NEW KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY FEEDER BUS ROUTE 84K FROM CHEVALIER GARDEN TO UNIVERSITY KCR STATION WILL BE INTRODUCED AND AN EXISTING FEEDER ROUTE 87K FROM MA ON SHAN TO UNIVERSITY KCR STATION WILL BE STRENGTHENED, MR LUI SAID.
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HE SAID THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN BUS SERVICES WERE INTENDED ΤΟ PROVIDE A MORE ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUTERS, AND SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE TRAFFIC OF THE LESS EFFICIENT TRANSPORT MODES.
HE ENCOURAGED COMMUTERS TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT PARTICULAR THE KCR DURING THE WORKS PERIOD.
SERVICES, IN
A
TRAFFIC
ARRANGEMENT MANAGEMENT
GROUP
COMPRISING
REPRESENTATIVES OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC POLICE AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FORMED TO PLAN AND TO MONITOR THE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS OF THE PROJECT.
MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GROUP.
A TELEPHONE HOTLINE WILL BE SET UP ON SITE TO RESPOND TO QUERIES AND COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR APRIL
DETAILED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY
STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR APRIL.
(FRIDAY) RELEASED
TRADE
BREAKDOWN WITH
BY
VALUE
AT OF RE-EXPORTS IN APRIL 1993, THE
$67,615 MILLION, SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 27% OVER APRIL 1992, WHEREAS DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 0.5% TO $17,814 MILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
TO
RE-EXPORTS
UNITED
COMPARING APRIL 1993 WITH APRIL 1992, THE VALUE OF
THE FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, THE NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM, GERMANY, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED AND 6.9% 16% SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 48%, 39%, 38%, 33%, 31%, 28%, 22%,
RESPECTIVELY.
/HOWEVER, THE