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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1980

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HE SAID. THE AVERAGE PREMIUM IN JUNE LAST YEAR WAS $219 900- IN MARCH IT WAS $208 500- IN DECEMBER 1978 IT WAS $258 500- IN AUGUST 1978 IT WAS $244 000 AND IN APRIL 1978 IT WAS $208 500.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT LETTERS WILL BE GOING OUT TOMORROW TO SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THAT THE FIRST OF THE 300 TAXIS WILL BE INSPECTED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.

PUBLIC ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT

TO GET TO TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THE VARIOUS TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GET TO THE NEWLY OPENED TOWN HALL,

THE TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN, MR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT PARKING FACILITIES IN THE NEW TOWN WERE VERY LIMITED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF REDEVELOPMENT GOING ON

IN THE CENTRAL AREA.

THE FESTIVAL WILL BE OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ON SATURDAY AND WILL LAST THREE WEEKS.

MR HAYES SAID THERE WAS AMPLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVING THE TOWN HALL AREA, INCLUDING BUSES AND FERRIES.

HE SAID THE TSUEN WAN BUS TERMINUS WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE TOWN HALL AND THERE WERE DIRECT SERVICES BETWEEN THE TOWN HALL AND URBAN KOWLOON.

ROUTES 30, 33 AND 40 SERVED THE TOWN HALL FROM JORDAN ROAD FERRY, SHAM SHUI PO AND KWUN TONG RESPECTIVELY AND ROUTES 33M AND 40M CONNECTED THE TOWN HALL WITH THE MTR STATIONS AT MONG KOK AND SHEK KIP ME!.

+FURTHERMORE, THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE LIKELY HEAVIER DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES,+ MR HAYES SAID.

HE SAID PEOPLE COMING FROM HONG KONG ISLAND HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO MAKE USE OF THE DIRECT FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND TSUEN WAN, POINTING OUT THAT THE FERRY TERMINAL WAS ALSO CLOSE TO THE TOWN HALL.

AS MOST OF THE FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES WILL END ABOUT 10.30 PM THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH THE 10.45 PM AND 11.30 PM FERRIES BACK TO CENTRAL.

MR HAYES SAID 75 PER CENT OF THE TICKETS FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN SOLD UP TO FEBRUARY 19 AND ALREADY 10 OF THE PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN TOTALLY SOLD OUT.

→THE POPULARITY OF THIS FESTIVAL EMPHASISES THE NEED FOR THE WIDEST POSSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HE SAID.

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