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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1979

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EASTER TRAVELLERS ADVISED TO CHECK IN EARLY AT AIRPORT.

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PEOPLE GOING ABROAD FOR THEIR EASTER HOLIDAYS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK IN EARLY AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO AVOID DELAY AND INCONVENIENCE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID ABOUT 20,000 TO 22,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO LEAVE OR ARRIVE IN HONG KONG DAILY DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD FROM GOOD FRIDAY TO EASTER MONDAY (APRIL 16).

+IT WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP TO THE AIRPORT AND AIRLINES' STAFF IF PASSENGERS WOULD CHECK IN EARLY AND PROCEED TO IMMIGRATION AND SECURITY CONTROLS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO AVOID CONGESTION, HE STRESSED.

HE WARNED, HOWEVER

THAT SOME DELAYS WOULD BE UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE EASTER IS ALWAYS A TIME WHEN THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAY- MAKERS SWELL THE NORMAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID FREQUENT BROADCAST WOULD BE MADE AT THE AIRPORT TO REMIND PASSENGERS TO CHECK IN EARLY.

ADDITIONAL STAFF, HE ADDED, WILL ALSO BE POSTED TO HELP MAINTAIN ORDER AND IMPROVE PASSENGER MOVEMENT.

TEMPORARY MUI WO TRAFFIC AND BUS ARRANGEMENTS *****

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND NEW BUS ROUTING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN MUI WO, LANTAU ISLAND, FROM 8 A.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 12, TO FACILITATE ENGINEERING WORKS.

DUE TO ROCK REMOVAL ON THE STEEP SLOPES BELOW MUI WO POLICE STATION NEAR THE END OF SOUTH LANTAU ROAD, THE AREA BELOW THE SLOPES -- THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT TO THE WEST OF THE TEMPORARY CAR PARK -- WILL BE CORDONED OFF.

A NEW ROUTING ARRANGEMENT FOR BUSES WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED IN WHICH FRANCHISED BUSES ENTERING THE TEMPORARY BUS TERMINUS WILL USE THE NEW ROAD TO THE NORTH OF THE TEMPORARY CAR PARK.

ALL OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THIS SECTION OF THE NEW ROAD.

AS THE NEW BUS TERMINUS WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL THE NEW FERRY PIER BEGINS OPERATION, HALE OF THE TERMINUS WILL BE USED BY THE BUS COMPANY AS A QUEUING AA, AND THE OTHER HALF BY THE FERRY COMPANY FOR SPEEDY PASSENGER EXIT OR AS AN ASSEMBLY POINT FOR STUDENT GROUPS AND TOURISTS.