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MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1983

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TRANSPORT SURVEY ON FERRY SERVICES

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A SURVEY AIMED AT HELPING TRANSPORT PLANNERS IMPROVE THE CROSS HARBOUR FERRY SERVICES WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT FERRY PIERS WHERE HYF FERRY SERVICES OPERATE.

PASSENGERS WILL BE ASKED A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN, DESTINATION AND PURPOSE OF THEIR TRIPS.

WATER FIGURES * * *

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 73.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 425.827 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 255.240 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 44.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER

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THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER IN HO MAN TIN WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (JANUARY 20 AND 21) FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS.

DURING THE CLOSURE, TRAFFIC BETWEEN PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED ON GROUND LEVEL ROADS.

SALT WATER MAINS WORK

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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN AREAS IN WONG CHUK HANG AND ABERDEEN WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 20) TO FACILITATE WATER MAINS WORK.

THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT ALL PREMISES ALONG WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, HEUNG YIP ROAD, YIP KAN STREET, TONG BIN LANE, NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, WELFARE ROAD, SHUM WAN ROAD, POLICE SCHOOL ROAD, OCEAN PARK ROAD, SHUM WAN PIER DRIVE, YIP FAT STREET, ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, YUE KWONG ROAD AND IN YUE KWONG CHUEN AND SHEK PAI WAN ESTATE.

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