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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1978

ALL NIGHT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE

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ALL NIGHT BUS SERVICES ON CERTAIN ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE TO AUGMENT NON-STOP TRAM AND FERRY SERVICES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT NORMAL KMB SERVICES WOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED UNTIL 2.30 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 7 AND THAT THEREAFTER THE FOLLOWING ROUTES WOULD OPERATE ALL NIGHT:-

* ROUTE 1 - STAR FERRY TO WANG TAU HOM-

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ROUTE 5 STAR FERRY TO CHOI HUNG AND

* ROUTE 6 STAR FERRY TO LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE.

CMB WILL OPERATE NORMAL SERVICES ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND

AT THE END OF WHICH THE FOLLOWING ROUTES WILL OPERATE ALL NIGHT:-

* ROUTE 304

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ROUTE 305

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* ROUTE 308

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CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY TO WAH FU ESTATE VIA ABERDEEN-

CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY TO KENNEDY TOWN AND

CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY TO CHAI WAN.

CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ROUTES 102, 104 AND 105 WILL BE EXTENDED BY ONE HOUR OF THE IR USUAL FINISHING TIMES WHILE ROUTES 121 AND 122, THE REGULAR ALL NIGHT CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES, WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ROUTES, 111A AND 112A.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STAR+ FERRY AND TRAMS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KENNEDY TOWN TO HAPPY VALLEY TRAM SERVICE, WILL ALSO OPERATE ALL NIGHT ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE.

HE ADDED: ALL IN ALL THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT SERVICE ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE.+

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