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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1975

TWO MORE PLB STANDS IN KWUN TONG

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A FOURTH AND FIFTH NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STANDS ARE BEING SET UP IN KWUN TÙNG TO PROVIDE YET MORE ALTERNATIVE SPACES FOR PLBS TO OPERATE TO AND FROM THE INDUSTRI.L TOWNSHIP, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

LOCATED AT HIP WO STREET, THEY ARE ADDITIONAL TO THE THREE ALTERNATIVE TERMINAL STANDS OPENED TO PLBS LAST FRIDAY FOLLOWING THE CANCELLATION OF THE FORMER STANDS ON KWUN TONG ROAD EAST OF TUNG YAN STREET, HE SAID.

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FROM NEXT MONDAY (JULY 7), A SMIL PORTION OF ANOTHER PLB STAND ON KWUN TONG ROAD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TUNG YAN STREET JUNCTION, WILL BE TEMPORARILY FENCED OFF FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS WHEN VERAND.H AND SUPPORTING PILLARS THERE ARE TO BE REMOVED AS PART OF ROAD WIDENING WORKS.

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THE SPOKESMN SAID THAT THE FIVE ALTERNATIVE PLB TERMINAL STANDS NOW PROVIDED IN KWUN TONG WERE SUFFICIENT FOR PLE DRIVERS TO CONTINUE OPERATING WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES,

THE TWO .T HIP WO STREET, NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH TUNG YAN STREET, HAVE ABOUT 12 SPACES, HE SAID, BRINGING TO BOUT 52 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE TERMINAL SPACES FOR THE VARIOUS PLB ROUTES OPERATING TO AND FROM KWUN TONG.

LOTTERY SALES CLOSE TOMORROW X X X X X

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET AND GIVE YOURSELF CHANCE TO WIN A FORTUNE IN THE THIRD GOVERNMENT LOTTERY THIS YEAR.

SALE OF TICKETS WILL CLOSE AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW AT ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB BOOTHS. DURING THE DAY, TICKETS MAY ALSO BE BOUGHT AT THE HEAD OFFICES AND BRANCHES OF 30 BANKS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

UP TO 4 P.M. TODAY (THURSDAY), A TOT.L OF 600,000 TICKETS WAS SOLD. WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN BY FOUR COMMERCIAL RADIO ARTISTES AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE ON SATURDAY (JULY 5).

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