XN000022-1978-06-06 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1978

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR DRAGON BOAT RACES IN TAI PO

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FACILITATE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE DRAGON BOAT RACES IN YUEN CHAU TSAI, TAI PO ON SATURDAY (JUNE 10).

A SPECIAL BUS SERVICE, ROUTE NO. 708, WILL OPERATE BETWEEN JORDAN ROAD FERRY PIER AND TAI PO FROM 7 Á.M. TO 2 P.M. ON THAT DAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE DRAGON BOAT RACES AT YUEN CHAU TSAI. THE TERMINUS OF THIS BUS ROUTE IN TAI PO WILL BE SITUATED AT PO HEUNG STREET NEAR WAI YI STREET,

THE TWO EXISTING BUS STOPS ON EITHER SIDE OF TAI PO ROAD AND THE TAXI STAND AT YUEN CHAU TSAI WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN 7.30 A.M. AND 12.30 P.M.

FROM 8 A.M. ON FRIDAY (JUNE 9) TO ABOUT 2 P.M. vn SATURDAY. VEHICLES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PARKING AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 1-

* BOTH SIDES OF TAI PO ROAD AND KWONG FUK ROAD FROM THE

JUNCTION OF TAI PO ROAD AND THE SLIP ROAD TO TAI PO KAU RAILWAY STATION TO THE JUNCTION OF KWONG FUK ROAD AND TING KOK ROAD,

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OLD TAI PO ROAD, BETWEEN THE APPROACH ROAD TO TAI PO POLICE STATION AND THE WONG SHIU CHI SCHOOL,

THE UNNAMED ROAD LEADING FROM KWONG FUK ROAD TO TAI PO POLICE STATION,

* TUNG CHEONG STREET, PLOVER COVE ROAD, TUNG FAT SQUARE

AND KWONG FUK SQUARE.

CARS WITH SPECIAL RED PARKING LABELS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE RECLAMATION AT YUEN CHAU TSAI, AND AT THE COMPOUND OF WONG SHIU CHI SCHOOL. SHOULD THE WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVENT PARKING AT THE YUEN CHAU TSAI RECLAMATION, THEY WILL BE PERMITTED TO PARK AT KWONG FUK SQUARE.

CARS WITH BLUE PARKING LABELS WILL BE PERMITTED TO PARK AT THE PLAYGROUND IN HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID PARKING FACILITIES IN TAI PO ON SATURDAY WILL BE LIMITED AND THOSE ATTENDING THE DRAGON BOAT RACES THERE ARE ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

MOTORISTS GOING TO DESTINATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OTHER THAN TAI PO ON SATURDAY ARE ADVISED TO USE CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND ROUTE TWISK,

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE POSSIBLE DELAYS ALONG TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TAI PO IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ON THAT DAY.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN TAI PO AND POLICE WILL BE ON HAND TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.