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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1982

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AIR TRAVELLERS URGED TO HELP EASE RUSH

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THE HONG KONG AIRPORT MANAGEMENT APPEALED TODAY (THURSDAY) TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TRAVELLING ABROAD BY AIR FOR THEIR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TO OBSERVE A FEW SIMPLE GUIDELINES TO HELP KEEP CONGESTION AT THE AIRPORT TO A MINIMUM.

DEPARTING PASSENGER TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TODAY AND REACH A PEAK ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY.

ARRIVING PASSENGER TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO BUILD UP GRADUALLY ON THE THIRD OR FOURTH DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, AN AIRPORT MANAGEMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT EXPECTS THE NUMBER OF DEPARTING PASSENGERS TO BE MORE THAN 20 000 ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY AND THE AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF DEPARTING PASSENGERS BEFORE THEN TO BE OVER 17 000.

+PASSENGERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO TRAVEL TO THE AIRPORT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTEAD OF PRIVATE CARS AND TO TRY TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS SEEING THEM OFF TO A MINIMUM,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ALSO ADVISED THEM TO ARRIVE EARLY AND TO CHECK-IN EARLY.

A SPECIAL CHECK-IN AREA FOR GUANGZHOU-BOUND PASSENGERS HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE WESTERN-END OF THE DEPARTURES HALL TO PROCESS THE EXPECTED LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS.

BANNERS AND SIGNS HAVE BEEN PLACED TO GUIDE GUANGZHOU-BOUND PASSENGERS, WHO ARE ALSO ASKED TO ALIGHT FROM VEHICLES AT THE FAR END OF THE DEPARTURE LEVEL ROADWAY NEAREST TO THE SPECIAL CHECK- IN AREA.

+THIS WILL HELP REDUCE UNNECESSARY CROSS-FLOW OF PEOPLE AND BAGGAGE MOVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTURES HALL+, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+CONGESTION IS UNAVOIDABLE DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD ESPECIALLY IN THE PEAK HOURS. HOWEVER, THE AIRPORT WILL BE MUCH LESS CONGESTED IF PASSENGERS WILL ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES. THE EFFICIENCY OF AIRPORT OPERATION WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON THE DEGREE OF CO-OPERATION FROM THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.