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PARES FOR RETURN TICKETS TO THE RACECOURSE STATION ARE AS

FOLLOWS I

ADULT/ORDINARY

HK$

KOWLOON

3.00

MONG KOK

3.00

KOWLOON TONG

3.00

SHA TIN

1.00

UN IVERSITY

1.00

TAI PO

1.00

FANLING

2.00

SHEUNG SHU I

2.00

LO WU

3.00

MESSAGE FROM UK ON KCR ELECTRIFIED SERVICE

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LORD BELSTEAD, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, HAS SENT A TELEGRAM OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE ELECTRIFIED KCR SERVICE.

THE MESSAGE READS:

+ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TO BE FULLY ELECTRIFIED AND DOUBLE TRACKED, MAY I ASK YOU TO CONVEY MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS PROJECT. THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IS AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG, AND THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH THE MODERNISATION WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND THE RAILWAY KEPT RUNNING DURING THE WORK HAS BEEN MOST IMPRESSIVE.+