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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1983

SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHING MING FESTIVAL

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED ON HONG KONG ISLAND ON TUESDAY (APRIL 5) FOR THE CHING MING FESTIVAL.

FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM THAT DAY, A SECTION OF PEEL RISE NEAR ABERDEEN CEMETERY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ALSO APPLY TO MOUNT AUSTIN ROAD AND THE SLIP ROAD FROM SHEK PAI WAN ROAD TO ABERDEEN CHINESE CEMETERY.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRAFFIC ON THE FOLLOWING ROADS WILL BE REROUTED

* CONSORT RISE ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND FROM VICTORIA ROAD

TO BISNEY ROAD;

* CAPE COLLINSON ROAD ONE-WAY WESTBOUND FROM LIN SHING

ROAD TO SHEK O ROAD:

* LIN SHING ROAD ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND FROM WAN TSUI

ROAD TO CAPE COLLINSON ROAD:

* WAN TSUI ROAD ONE-WAY CLOCKWISE; AND

* WAH MA STREET ONE-WAY FROM LIN SHING ROAD TO CHAI

WAN ROAD.

FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM THAT DAY, PARKING SPACES ALONG CAPE COLLINSON ROAD, LIN SHING ROAD, ́WAH HA STREET AND SHEK O ROAD (FROM CAPE COLLINSON TRAINING CENTRE TO TAI TAM ROAD) WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.

THE CAR PARK AT UPPER PEAK TRAM TERMINUS WILL ALSO BE CLOSED DURING THIS PERIOD.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT URGED MOTORISTS TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON THE APPROACH ROADS TO VARIOUS CEMETERIES.

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HE ADDED THAT BUSES ON TWO SPECIAL ROUTES (CENTRAL - CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY) AND NO. 89 (SHAU KEI WAN - CHAI WAN CEMETERY) — WILL RUN FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM ON APRIL 5 AT EIGHT-MINUTE INTERVALS.