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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1977

BETTER TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS AT KWAI SHING ESTATE

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES AT THE KWAI SHING ESTATE AND IMPROVE LOCAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.

THIS FOLLOWS THE GRADUAL COMPLETION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD STAGES OF KWAI SHING ESTATE AND THE INTAKE OF POPULATION.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FROM SUNDAY (JANUARY 30) KMB ROUTE NO. 37 WILL BE EXTENDED TO START FROM THE KWAI SHING (CENTRAL) BUS TERMINUS WHICH HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

THIS SERVICE PROVIDES A LINK TO TAI KOK TSUI FERRY IN URBAN KOWLOON BY WAY OF LAI CHI KOK AT A BASIC FIVE-MINUTE FREQUENCY.

ALSO FROM THAT DAY, KMB ROUTE NO. 34 WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO START FROM KWAI SHING (CENTRAL) BUS TERMINUS. THE TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS OUTSIDE BLOCK 10 WILL BE CLOSED,

THIS SERVICE OPERATES AT A BASIC 10-MINUTE FREQUENCY AND PROVIDES A LINK TO TSUEN WAN WEST VIA TSUEN WAN FERRY PIER.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A NEW SERVICE, ROUTE NO. 37A, WOULD BE INTRODUCED SHORTLY BETWEEN KWAI SHING (EAST) BUS TERMINUS AND SHAM SHUI PO FERRY PIER.

THIS SERVICE WILL LIKELY OPERATE VIA HING SHING ROAD AND KWAI SHING CIRCUIT.

TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG THE CENTRAL ACCESS ROAD THROUGH KWA SHING ESTATE BETWEEN BLOCK 6 AND BLOCK 15, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE WHOLE SECTION OF THIS ROAD FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY (JANUARY 31).

ALTERNATIVE STOPPING FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES OPERATING ALONG KWAI SHING CIRCUIT, IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTION.

THE EXISTING KWAI SHING (SOUTH) BUS TERMINUS SITUATED OUTSIDE BLOCK 13 WILL BE CONVERTED TO A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY). ON THE NORTH SECTION, THERE IS A NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS NEAR BLOCK 1.

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