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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1980

MAXICABS WILL SERVE KWAI CHUNG/TSING YI

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THREE NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI BEGINNING FROM SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 24), BRINGING THE NUMBER OF MAXICAB ROUTES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO NINE.

NEW ROUTE NO 89 FROM KWAI SHING NORTH (KWAI HAU STREET) TO TSUEN WAN (HO PUI STREET) WILL START ON SUNDAY WHILE THE OTHER TWO ROUTES, NOS 87 AND 88, FROM KWAI SHING (SHING FONG STREET) TO TSUEN WAN (CHUNG ON STREET) AND FROM TSING YI FERRY TO NAM WAN KOK WILL BEGIN OPERATION THE FOLLOWING DAY (MONDAY).

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE FARE FOR ROUTE NO 87, WHICH OPERATES AT A BASIC FREQUENCY OF FOUR MINUTES, IS 50 CENTS. THE FARES FOR ROUTE NO 88 ARE 30 CENTS AND 50 CENTS. MAXICABS ON THIS ROUTE RUN EVERY 10 MINUTES. FOR ROUTE NO 89 THE FARES ARE $1 AND $1.50. THIS SERVICE HAS A BASIC FREQUENCY OF FOUR MINUTES.

AS PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW ROUTES, A SECTION OF HO PUI STREET BETWEEN CHUNG ON STREET AND HAM TIN STREET AS WELL AS KWAI HAU STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED PUBLIC LIGHT BUS PROHIBITED ZONES FROM SUNDAY,

FROM MONDAY, SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADS WILL ALSO BE DESIGNATED PUBLIC LIGHT BUS PROHIBITED ZONES.

THEY ARE THE SECTION OF CHUNG ON STREET BETWEEN HO PUI STREET AND YEUNG UK ROAD, SHING FUK STREET, HING SHING ROAD AND WING FONG ROAD.

ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE RESTRICTED ZONES UNLESS AUTHORISED IN WRITING BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.