FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1982
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ROUTE NO. 31 WILL RUN FROM TIN WAN TO JAFFE ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY VIA KA WO STREET, KING WO STREET, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, TIN WAN STREET, TIN WAN HILL ROAD, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, WAH FÚ ROAD, WAH LAM PATH, WAH LOK PATH, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, POK FU LAM ROAD, BONHAM ROAD, CAINE ROAD, UPPER ALBERT ROAD, GARDEN ROAD, QUEENSWAY, RODNEY STREET, DRAKE STREET, TAMAR STREET, QUEENSWAY, HENNESSY ROAD, FENWICK STREET, LOCKHART ROAD AND PERCIVAL STREET.
RETURN TRIPS WILL BE VIA JAFFE ROAD, CANNON STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET, LOCKHART ROAD, FENWICK STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, HARCOURT ROAD, TAMAR STREET, DRAKE STREET RODNEY STREET, HARCOURT ROAD, COTTON TREE DRIVE, UPPER ALBÉRT ROAD, CAINE ROAD, BONHAM ROAD, POK FU LAM ROAD, SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, WAH FU ROAD, WAH LAM PATH, WAH FU ROAD, SHEK PÀI WAN ROAD, TIN WAN STREET AND KA WO STREET.
THE ROUTE WILL OPERATE FROM 6.30 AM TO 12.07 AM DAILY
AT FARES OF $1.50 AND $2.50.
AT THE SAME TIME, FOR ROUTE 21 (TA! HANG DRIVE-CAUSEWAY BAY), ADDITIONAL SHORT JOURNEYS WILL BE PROVIDED BETWEEN
LAI TAK TSUEN AND KESWICK STREET VIA LAI TAK TSUEN ROAD WHENEVER NECESSARY, WITH A FLAT FARE OF 70 CENTS.
MEANWHILE, MAXICABS ON ROUTE 11 ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM TIN WAN TO CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE DIVERTED VIA HIGH STREET, EASTERN STREET AND HOSPITAL ROAD, BYPASSING BONHAM ROAD.
INCREASE IN HK POPULATION
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THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF JUNE 1982 WAS 5 232 900, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE ESTIMATE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 25 900 PEOPLE OR 0.5 PER CENT OVER END-OF-1981 FIGURE.
NET MIGRATION THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOTAL ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES → FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1982 CONTRIBUTED A VERY SMALL NET LOSS OF 833 PEOPLE TO THE POPULATION GROWTH. THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO A NET OUTFLOW OF 5 172 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, THAT OUTNUMBERED NET INWARD IMMIGRATION.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1982 WAS
39 605, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS WAS 12 877.
NATURAL INCREASE - THE BALANCE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMOUNTED TO 26 728, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD.
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