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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1977

NOTE TO EDITORS:

$12.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR TSUEN WAN AUDITORIUM

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THE $12.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE ONE OF THE TSUEN WAN MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM WILL BE SIGNED ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 17).

THE SIGNING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, AT 11 A.M.

TELEVISION CREWS ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE NOT LATER THAN 10.45 A.M. SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

MR. K.M. TSENG, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY.

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IMPROVED MAXICAB SERVICE FOR SHOUSON HILL RESIDENTS

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 17), MAXICAB ROUTE 6 WOULD BE REVISED TO OPERATE A 12-MINUTE FREQUENCY BETWEEN CENTRAL AND OCEAN PARK VIA SHOUSON HILL.

ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE IS THAT AFTER 12 NOON ON EVERY SATURDAY RACE MEET MAXICABS ON ROUTES 6 AND 7, ON JOURNEYS FROM CENTRAL, WILL OPERATE VIA QUEENSWAY, JOHNSTON ROAD, WAN CHAI ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND STUBBS ROAD TO WONG NEI CHUNG GAP ROAD BEFORE RESUMING THE NORMAL JOURNEY. ROUTE 7 OPERATES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND MOUNT NICHOLSON.

THE ROUTE CHANGE WOULD ALLEVIATE CONGESTION IN HAPPY VALLEY ON RACE DAYS AND QUICKEN THE MAXICAB RECOVERY TIMES ON THESE ROUTES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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