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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1982

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ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE STARTS NEXT THURSDAY

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THE FIRST STAGE OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY INNER SUBURBAN ELECTRIFIED SERVICE BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN WILL START OPERATING FROM NEXT THURSDAY (MAY 6) AFTERNOON.

THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE WILL DECLARE HONG KONG'S NEW RAILWAY OPEN AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT KOWLOON STATION IN HUNG HOM, AT 10 AM, AND WILL FOLLOW THIS UP IMMEDIATELY WITH ANOTHER BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE NEW SHA TIN STATION IN THE MORNING.

THE EAGERLY-AWAITED FIRST ELECTRIC TRAIN FOR THE PUBLIC WILL START RUNNING AT 2 PM ON THAT DAY.

SIR PHILIP AND LADY HADDON-CAVE WILL BE WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL AT KOWLOON STATION BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR A.J. SCOTT AND MRS SCOTT- THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE (DESIGNATE), KCRC, MR BOBBY HOWES AND MRS HOWES AND THE KCR GENERAL MANAGER, MR VIL. WONG AND MRS WONG.

TO COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION, SIR PHILIP WILL UNVEIL

A PLAQUE AT KOWLOON STATION, AND WILL THEN PROCEED WITH A PARTY OF GUESTS BY ELECTRIC TRAIN TO SHA TIN STATION TO UNVEIL A SIMILAR PLAQUE.

THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE WILL PROVIDE THE MUSIC AS THE INAUGURAL TRAIN LEAVES THE STATION, BREAKING THROUGH A LARGE BANNER ON THE WAY TO SHA TIN, AS THE TRAIN ENTERS SHA TIN STATION, IT WILL DRIVE THROUGH ANOTHER BANNER AT THE PLATFORM.

AFTER UNVEILING THE PLAQUE AT SHA TIN STATION J

SIR PHILIP AND THE GUEST PARTY WILL RETURN BY THE SAME ELECTRIC TRAIN TO KOWLOON STATION FOR A RECEPTION MARKING THE OCCASION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 AM ON THURSDAY (MAY 6).

THE NEWS MEDIA ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT NOT LATER THAN MAY 3 BY TELEPHONING KCR'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION AT THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS:

MR DENNIS LEUNG

3-697520

MRS ANNA NGAI

3-696658

MR SIMON TAM

3-682716

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