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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975

TRAFFIC REMINDER FOR CHING MING

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED MOTORISTS AND GRAVE-SWEEPERS OF THE SPECIAL TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED TOMORROW AND SUNDAY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL.

WO HOP SHEK ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, EXCEPT HEARSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES BETWEEN 5 A.M. AND 8 P.M. ON BOTH DAYS, AND MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE GENERAL. AREA NEAR WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY UNLESS THEIR JOURNEY IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

A ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SYSTEM WILL BE INTRODUCED.ON CERTAIN ROADS STARTING FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL IT BECOMES POSSIBLE TO REVERT TO MORMAL TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. TAI PO ROAD WILL BECOME ONE-WAY NORTHWARDS FROM THE JUNCTION OF LAM KAM ROAD TO FANLING ROUNDABOUT, AND FANLING ROUNDABOUT WILL BE ONE-WAY ALONG TAI PO ROAD TO SHEUNG SHUI CROSS ROAD.

MOTORISTS FROM FANLING ROUNDABOUT MAY PROCEED TO KOWLOON VIA THREE ROUTES ALONG SHA TAU KOK ROAD, LUK KENG ROAD AND TING KOK ROAD TO TAI PO ROAD OR ALONG TAI PO ROAD TO ENTER CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT SHEUNG SHUI CROSS ROAD OR ALONG TAL PO ROAD, TURNING INTO FAN KAM ROAD TO KAM TIN, THEN THROUGH ROUTE TWISK TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD OR THROUGH LAM KĀM ROAD TO TAI PO ROAD.

IN SHEUNG SHUI, NO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, EXCEPT PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES WITH CLOSED AREA PERMITS, WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER MAN KAM ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH! JOCKEY CLUB ROAD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED NOT TO PROCEED TO THESE AREAS BY PRIVATE CARS AS PARKING SPACES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED IN SHEUNG SHUI. HOWEVER, ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND LO WU WILL BE AVAILABLE.

IN TSUN WAN, THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE TSUN WAN CEMETERY WILL ALSO BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EXCEPT HEARSES OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. SINGLE-LANE NOSE-TO-TAIL PARKING WILL BE ALLOWED, UNDER POLICE SUPERVISION, ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY OF TEXACO ROAD.

TOMORROW, ADDITIONAL BUSES WILL BE OPERATED ON KOWLOON MOTOR BUS ROUTES 70, 73, 76 AND 77 TO FACILITATE WORSHIPPERS ATTENDING CEMETERIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. A SPECIAL ROUTE, 82A, WILL ALSO RUN BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND MAN KAM TO (SAN UK LING) VIA MAN KAM TO ROAD EVERY 30 MINUTES FROM 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AT A FARE OF 20 CENTS.

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