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Central via Tsing Yi (hoverferry and ordinary ferry services) will be re-instated as scheduled.
Tuen Mun - Wan Chai (hoverferry and ordinary services) will be re- instated as scheduled.
Central - Cheung Chau/Mui Wo/Peng Chau hoverferry services will be re-instated as scheduled on weekdays.
Tsim Sha Tsui - Cheung Chau and Mui Wo ordinary ferry services will be re-instated as scheduled.
The Tuen Mun to Central service will be strengthened by the addition of two hoverferries and two catamarans as compared to schedules.
End/Friday, 8 September 1995
Tuen Mun Road to be reopened
The Secretary for Works, Mr James Blake, said today (Friday) the immediate slope stabilisation work above the Tsuen Wan-bound carriageway of Tuen Mun Road is expected to complete early tomorrow (Saturday) morning for reopening of the road to three-lane traffic in each direction before 6 am tomorrow.
The decision to reopen the road was made after a review by Mr Blake and the Director of Highways with their technical staff on the ground who made inspection as the slope stabilisation work was carried out.
The Secretary for Transport and the Commissioner for Transport worked closely with Mr Blake and his staff throughout the process.
Mr Blake said: "The work involved the use of heavy equipment for removing unstable rock along the slope edges and special access equipment to enable a thorough geotechnical examination of the rock faces above the road.
"Drilling was also carried out through specific unstable features of the rock faces to install 40-mm diameter steel rods up to 10-metre in length to secure these areas."