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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1977

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+BECAUSE THESE PLANTATION AREAS ARE SO POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC. THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED EARLIER LAST YEAR WITH AN AIM TO PROTECT THESE PLACES AND PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE.

+ THE POPULARITY OF THESE PLACES WILL UNDOUBTEDLY GROW AND LIKEWISE THE RISK OF FIRES DESTROYING THE COUNTRYSIDE IS ALSO LIKELY TO INCREASE.

+BECAUSE OF THIS DANGER, THE LIGHTING OF FIRES FOR ANY REASON, EXCEPT IN APPROVED BARBECUE PITS, IS PROHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THIS REGULATION IS ONE WHICH MUST, AND WILL BE, ENFORCED.+

THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT THE WORST YEAR WAS 1973-74, WHEN MORE THAN 1,200 FIRES WERE REPORTED. THE FIRES AFFECTED 4,000 ACRES OF PLANTATION AND DESTROYED SOME $1.3 MILLION WÖRTH OF TREES.

+WATCHING TREES GO UP IN FLAMES IS A SORROWFUL SIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE COSTLY AND TAKE YEARS TO GROW,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

KOWLOON'S FIRST ALL NIGHT BUS SERVICE

FACES CANCELLATION

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KOWLOON'S FIRST ALL NIGHT BUS SERVICE FACES CANCELLATION BECAUSE OF LACK OF PASSENGERS.

KMB ROUTE NO. 2B WAS INTRODUCED ON DECEMBER 17 ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS FOR THREE MONTHS OPERATING BETWEEN JORDAN ROAD FERRY AND KOWLOON CITY FERRY VIA TSIM SHA TSUI, HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN EVERY 15-MINUTES BETWEEN 12.45 A.M. AND 5.15 A.M. AT A 50-CENT FARE.

AS WELL AS PROVIDING CONNECTING FACILITIES FOR LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FERRIES, IT WAS HOPED THAT THE NEW SERVICE WOULD CATER FOR NIGHT WORKERS IN THE BUSY RESTAURANT AREAS OF NATHAN ROAD AND MA TAU WAI ROAD.

THE NEW ROUTE ALSO CONNECTED AT HUNG HOM WITH THE ALL NIGHT CROSS HARBOUR BUS ROUTES TO CAUSEWAY BAY AND NORTH POINT AND WAN CHAI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARKET.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNLESS THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE USE OF THIS ALL NIGHT SERVICE IT WOULD BE CANCELLED ON FEBRUARY 23, THAT IS, AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

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