XN000022-1982-05-04 — Page 7

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1982

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ROUTES NO. 88A (SHA TIN MARKET TO HIN TIN) AND NO. 88B (TAI WAI TO HO TUNG LAU) WILL BE INTEGRATED TO FORM ONE SERVICE, NO. 88K OPERATING BETWEEN HIN TIN TO HO TUNG LAU VIA SHA TIN MARKET. THE FARE WILL BE 70 CENTS FOR A SINGLE TRIP.

+THESE TWO NEW INTERNAL ROUTES WILL LINK UP ALL THE BIG HOUSING ESTATES IN SHA TIN WITH THE KCR STATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOR THOSE COMMUTERS WISHING TO TAKE BUS DIRECT TO THE URBAN AREA, A NEW BUS SERVICE NO. 80 WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED TRAVELLING BETWEEN MEI LAM AND KWUN TONG FERRY VIA SHA KOK ESTATE WITH A FARE OF $1.50 FOR A SINGLE TRIP.

TO IMPROVE BUS SERVICES IN THE SHA TIN AREA, SEVERAL BUS

ROUTES WILL BE REARRANGED.

ROUTE NO. 86 WILL BE EXTENDED FROM WO CHE TO TERMINATE AT SIU LEK YUEN AND FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN TO ME FOO AT THE OTHER END.

ROUTE NO. 87 WILL BE DIVERTED FROM LEK YUEN ESTATE TO TERMINATE AT SHA KOK TO PROVIDE A TERMINATING SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS

IN THE SHA KOK ESTATE.

ROUTE NO. 71 WILL BE EXTENDED FROM SHA TIN MARKET TO TERMINATE AT WO CHE.

IN ADDITION, THE FREQUENCY OF ROUTES NO. 81M, 85 AND 87

WILL BE INCREASED.

A NEW FEEDER BUS SERVICE NO. 69K IS TO BE INTRODUCED ON JUNE 6 LINKING SHEUNG SHUI AND FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA VIA SHA TIN KCR STATION.

MEANWHILE, KOWLOON MAXICAB NO. 12 BETWEEN PAK TIN AND TAI TUNG SUN CHUEN WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA THE NEW MONG KOK KCR STATION TO COINCIDE WITH THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS.

KCR PASSENGERS TO AND FROM THE STATION CAN BOARD OR ALIGHT FROM MAXICABS AT A STOP NEAR THE CHIU CHOW SECONDARY SCHOOL AT SAI YEE STREET.

THE MAXICABS ON JOURNEYS TO PAK TIN WILL BE DIVERTED VIA ARGYLE STREET, LUEN WAN STREET, MONG KOK RAILWAY STATION, BUTE STREET, SAI YEE STREET, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND TO REJOIN THE EXISTING ROUTE INSTEAD OF KÁDOOR IE AVENUE.

THE ROUTING ON JOURNEYS TO TAI TUNG SUN CHUEN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.