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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1976

THREE MORE BUS ROUTES ******

TWO NEW KMB URBAN COACH ROUTES, NOS. 209 AND 210, WILL BEGIN SERVICE ON MONDAY, MARCH 15, AND ON HONG KONG ISLAND A NEW CMB ROUTE 17 WILL BE INTRODUCED.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT KMB ROUTE 209 WILL OPERATE BETWEEN THE STAR FERRY AND CHOI HUNG EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING PEAK PERIODS.

THE ROUTE WILL BE VIA SALISBURY ROAD, NATHAN ROAD, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, SHANGHAI STREET, MONG KOK ROAD, TUNG CHOI STREET, ARGYLE STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND CHOI HUNG ROAD.

FROM CHOI HUNG ROUTE 209 WILL GO BY WAY OF CHOI HUNG ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, WATERLOO ROAD, ARGYLE STREET, NATHAN ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FARE WILL BE $1 FOR A SINGLE JOURNEY.

THE OTHER ROUTE. NO. 210, WILL RUN EVERY HOUR BETWEEN STAR FERRY AND PIPER'S HILL VIA SALISBURY ROAD, NATHAN ROAD, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, SHANGHAI STREET, LAI CHI KÓK ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, PORTLAND STREET, YU CHAU STREET, BOUNDARY STREET, TAI PO ROAD, NAM CHEONG STREET, LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, TAI PO ROAD AND CALDÉCOTT ROAD.

THE RETURN JOURNEY WILL BE BY WAY OF CALDECOTT ROAD, TAI PO ROAD, LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, NAM CHEONG STREET, BERWICK STREET, SHEK KIP ME! STREET, TAI PO ROAD, NATHAN ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD. THE FARE ON ROUTE 210 WILL ALSO BE $1 FOR A SINGLE JOURNEY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW CMB ROUTE 17 WILL OPERATE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BUS STATION AND SOO KUN PO VIA KENNEDY ROAD.

IT WILL RUN EVERY 20 MINUTES FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. BY WAY OF CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, POTTINGER STREET, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, CHATER ROAD, MURRAY ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, GARDEN ROAD, MACDONNELL ROAD, KENNEDY ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, MORRISON HILL ROAD, TIN LOK LANE, HENNESSY ROAD, YEE WOO STREET, TUNG LO WAN ROAD AND EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD.

THE RETURN JOURNEY WILL BE VIA CAROLINE HILL ROAD, LEIGHTON ROAD, PENNINGTON STREET, YEE WOO STREET, HENNESSY ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, KENNEDY ROAD, GARDEN ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, PEDDER STREET AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE SINGLE JOURNEY FARE WOULD BE 50 CENTS FOR ADULTS AND 30 CENTS FOR CHILDREN.

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