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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1982

FEEDER BUS ROUTES FOR TSUEN WAN MTR EXTENSION

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, ANNOUNCED TODAY (JANUARY 19) THAT NEW FEEDER BUS ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO SERVE MAJOR HOUSING ESTATES IN TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG WHEN THE TSUEN WAN MTR EXTENSION BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN MAY THIS YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN RESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DIRECT BUS SERVICES TO URBAN KOWLOON.

THIS FOLLOWS RECOMMENDATIONS IN A REPORT PREPARED BY A JOINT GOVERNMENT/CONSULTANT STUDY TEAM SET UP TO ESTIMATE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAVEL DEMAND PATTERN IN THE WESTERN CORRIDOR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IN CONNECTION WITH NEW TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.

ACCORDING TO MRS JOAN LIM, A SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE STUDY TEAM, THE PROPOSED FEEDER BUS SERVICES WOULD FIRST BE INTRODUCED FROM YUEN LONG AND MAJOR HOUSING ESTATES SUCH AS TAI HING, YAU OF AND EVENTUALLY BUTTERFLY ESTATE - TO EITHER TSUEN WAN OR KWAI FONG STATION.

IN TSUEN WAN, INTERNAL BUS ROUTES WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATE FROM MAJOR HOUSING ESTATES TO THE TSUEN WAN FERRY CONCOURSE VIA LOCAL TOWN CENTRES WILL CONTINUE EVEN AFTER THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.

ADDITIONALLY LOCAL FEEDER BUS SERVICES TO MTR STATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN ALLWAY GARDEN, TSUEN WAN CENTRE, SHEK WAI KOK AND CHEUNG SHAN ESTATES.

KWAI SHING RESIDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE A NEW FEEDER BUS ROUTE TO KWAI HING MTR STATION.

FEEDER BUSES WILL OPERATE FROM KWAI FONG STATION TO SHEK LEI, SHEK YAM AND LEI MUK SHU ESTATES IN THE NORTH, AND CHEUNG CHING AND CHEUNG HONG ESTATES ON TSING YI ISLAND IN THE SOUTH.

RESIDENTS IN LAI YIU AND CHO YIU ESTATES WILL HAVE A BUS SERVICE TO LAI KING MTR STATION.

APART FROM THESE FEEDER BUS SERVICES, EACH MAJOR HOUSING ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE SERVED BY DIRECT BUS ROUTES TO URBAN KOWLOON, AND WILL BE ABLE TO USE SUCH BUS ROUTES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MTR.

+ IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH CAPACITY FEEDER BUS SERVICES, TWO NEW MAXICAB ROUTES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO SERVE THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION, + MRS LIM SAID.

/+A SHORT