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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1977

MORE PEOPLE GO TO CHINA FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR

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WITH THE LUNAR NEW YEAR JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING BY TRAIN TO CHINA IS ON THE INCREASE EVERYDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, MR. REGINALD GREGORY, A TOTAL OF 65,583 PEOPLE LEFT FOR CHINA BY TRAIN IN THE LAST 10 DAYS,

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 11.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH FIGURE FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

ANOTHER 19,398 LEFT FOR CHINA TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN TAI PO, TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN THE TOWN AND LO WU WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PERIOD.

MR. GREGORY SAID THAT MORE PEOPLE NOW PATRONISED THIS SERVICE BUT THERE WAS AMPLE ROOM ON THE TRAIN FOR MORE PASSENGERS.

TO ADD A FESTIVE TOUCH TO THE STATION, LIGHT CHINESE AND LUNAR NEW YEAR MUSIC IS BEING BROADCAST ON THE CONCOURSE IN HUNGHOM STATION AND IN TRAINS THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR PERIOD.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONE-TON BRONZE BELL FROM THE OLD TSIM SHA TSUI RAILWAY STATION CLOCK TOWER, NOW DISPLAYED IN THE MAIN CONCOURSE OF THE STATION, HAS BEEN DECORATED WITH MANDARINES.

IN ADDITION, AN ATTRACTIVELY DECORATED BOARD WITH NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY HAS ALSO BEEN PUT UP IN THE CENTRE OF THE MAIN CONCOURSE.

AT THE HUNGHOM STATION, REFRESHMENTS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE FROM 3.30 A.M. FOR EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS.

MR. GREGORY SAID THAT THE AIR-CONDITIONED COACHES, WHICH WERE PUT INTO SERVICE LAST WEEK, PROVED VERY POPULAR. SO FAR, OVER 1,700 TICKETS HAD BEEN SOLD.

HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE IR COOPERATION IN LOOKING AFTER THE VAST NUMBER OF PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH THE STATION DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

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