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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1977

SPECIAL BUS SERVICES WILL BE ARRANGED DURING THE CLOSURE OF SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC AT TAI PO ROAD FROM THE JUNCTION OF LAM KAM ROAD TO FANLING ROUNDABOUT.

UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE ON ROUTE NO. 70 FROM SHEUNG SHUI TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY BETWEEN 7.50 A.M. AND 3 P.M. BUT JOURNEYS FROM SHEUNG SHUI TO YUEN LONG ON ROUTE NO. 77 AND FROM YUEN LONG TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY ON ROUTE NO. 50 WILL BE AUGMENTED BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 2.48 P.M. WHEN ROUTE NO. 70 IS NOT OPERATING.

SERVICES ON ROUTE NO. 73 WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AFTER 7.44 A.M. AT MAN KAM TO (SAN UK LING) AND 8.20 A.M. AT TAI PO MARKET UNTIL NORMAL TRAFFIC RESUMES.

ROUTE NO. 73A WILL BE INTRODUCED TO OPERATE BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND MAN KAM TO (SAN UK LING) AT 15-MINUTE INTERVALS FROM 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AT A 20-CENT FLAT FARE.

AS SEVERE CONGESTION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TA! PO ROAD, MOTORISTS GOING TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE ROUTE TWISK OR CASTLE PEAK ROAD AS ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AND TO DRIVE WITH CARE AND PATIENCE.

VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WAIT OR TO BE PARKED ON ANY MAIN ROAD AND THOSE FOUND ILLEGALLY PARKED WILL BE TOWED AWAY BY THE POLICE.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP AND TRAFFIC POLICE WILL BE ON HAND TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

+LOST+ MAIL SALVAGED

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THE OWNERS OF THE M.V. HONG KONG SURETY HAVE INFORMED THE POST OFFICE THAT THE MAIL WHICH THEY HAD EARLIER REPORTED AS BEING LOST WAS IN FACT SALVAGED BY THE MASTER BEFORE THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED IN HEAVY SEAS OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AUSTRALIA ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THAT THE MAIL, DESTINED FOR THE FIJI ISLANDS AND NEW ZEALAND, WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY HANDED OVER TO THE POST OFFICE AT SURABAYA, INDONESIA.

+WE ARE AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE INDONESIAN POSTAL AUTHORITIES AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE MAIL, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE MAIL WOULD BE FORWARDED ON ITS DESTINATION BUT INEVITABLY THERE WOULD BE SOME DELAY.

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