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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980

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NEW MAXICAB SERVICE AT AP LEI CHAU

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A SUPPLEMENTARY MAXICAB FEEDER SERVICE WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM SUNDAY (DECEMBER 7) BETWEEN AP LE CHAU (MAIN STREET) AND ABERDEEN.

THE NEW ROUTE NO. 27, WHICH WILL BE RUN ON A TRIAL BASIS FOR THREE MONTHS. WILL TEMPORARILY TERMINATE AT AP LE CHAU ESTATE PENDING COMPLETION OF THE NEW ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING AP LEI CHAU MAIN STREET.

THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM 5.55 AM TO MIDNIGHT DAILY AT A BASIC 10-MINUTE FREQUENCY DURING PEAK HOURS.

A FLAT FARE OF 60 CENTS WILL BE CHARGED.

ILLEGAL GRAVES IN TUEN MUN TO BE EXHUMED

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THIRTY ILLEGAL GRAVES IN THE KWONG SHAN AREA IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT WILL BE CLEARED BY GOVERNMENT STAFF AFTER DECEMBER 14 (SUNDAY).

+WHERE RELATIVES CAN BE TRACED BEFORE EXHUMATION OF THESE GRAVES, THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE GRAVES THEMSELVES,+ A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

NOTICES HAVE BEEN POSTED TO GRAVE OWNERS ASKING THEM TO REMOVE THE GRAVES THEMSELVES. THESE NOTICES EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 14.

+ IN THE EVENT RELATIVES CANNOT BE TRACED, THE GRAVES WILL BE EXHUMED AND THE REMAINS OF THE BURIALS WILL BE RE-INTERRED AT SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES ARE NOT PERMITTED AS THE PRACTICE RUNS COUNTER TO THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND COULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTH HAZARD.

+ ILLEGAL BURIALS IN THE KWONG SHAN AREA CAN ALSO CAUSE

DANGER TO GRAVE WORSHIPPERS WHEN FIRING PRACTICE IS TAKING PLACE ON THE CASTLE PEAK RANGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.