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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1979

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RESITING OF BUS TERMINUS

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THE TAI PO MARKET TERMINUS FOR SHA TIN RACE COURSE RECREATION ROUTE 872 WILL BE RESITED FROM ITS EXISTING LOCATION IN YAN HING STREET TO PO HEUNG STREET, IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE PRESENT TERMINUS FOR K.M.B. ROUTE 73. THE MOVE WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY.

CONCURRENT WITH THE RESITING, ROUTE 872 WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO OPERATE FROM TAI PO MARKET VIA PO HEUNG STREET, KWONG FUK ROAD, TAI PO ROAD AND RACE COURSE ROAD- AND FROM SHA‍TIN RACE COURSE VIA RACE COURSE ROAD, TAI PO ROAD, KWONG FUK ROAD, WAN TAU STREET, HEUNG SZE WUI STREET AND PO HEUNG STREET.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE RESITING OF THE TERMINAL WAS NECESSARY AS THE EXISTING TERMINUS WAS NOT IDEALLY POSITIONED FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW.

+THE NARROWNESS OF YAN HING STREET, COUPLED WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE TERMINUS TO THE BEND JUST BELOW THE STEPS LEADING DOWN FROM THE RAILWAY STATION, MAKES THE LOCATION OF THE TERMINUS IN YAN HING STREET UNDESIRABLE, HE EXPLAINED.

THE SPOKESMAN, HOWEVER, POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW TERMINAL SITE IN PO HEUNG STREET WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ONE BUS AT A TIME.

+OTHER BUSES PLYING THE ROUTE WILL HAVE TO QUEUE UP AND WAIT ALONG THE SAME SIDE OF PO HEUNG STREET SECTION BETWEEN WAI YI AND HEUNG SZE WUI STREETS, MOVING ON TO PICK UP PASSENGERS ONCE THE BUS AT THE TERMINUS HAS DRIVEN OFF WITH A FULL LOAD,+ HE SAID.

AS A RESULT OF THE RESITING AND CONSEQUENT RE-ROUTING, THE BUS STOPS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WILL BE CANCELLED: TSING YUEN STREET (FOR SHA TIN RACE COURSE-BOUND BUSES)- KWONG FUK ROAD, SOUTH OF PO HEUNG STREET (FOR SHA TIN RACE COURSE-BOUND BUSES)- AND KWONG FUK ROAD, NORTH OF PO HEUNG STREET (FOR TAI PO MARKET-BOUND BUSES).

ONE ADDITIONAL BUS STOP WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE EXISTING STOP FOR ROUTE 72 IN WAN TAU STREET,

NOTICES AND SIGNS REGARDING THE RESITING OF THE TERMINUS WILL BE SET UP IN THE AREA BY THE BUS COMPANY TO GUIDE PASSENGERS.

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