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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1983

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NEW MAXICAB ROUTE FOR KOWLOON CITY

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A NEW MAXICAB ROUTE BETWEEN KOWLOON CITY AND ARGYLE MTR STATION WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY (JUNE 16).

ROUTE 28M WILL OPERATE VIA WAI KING STREET, KWEI CHOW STREET, TO KWA WAN ROAD, MA TAU KOK ROAD, TAM KUNG ROAD, MA TAU WAI ROAD, TIN KWONG ROAD, SHEUNG SHING STREET, SHEUNG FOO STREET, FAT KWONG STREET, PUI CHING ROAD, SOARES AVENUE, ARGYLE STREET, TONG MEI ROAD, MONG KOK ROAD, NATHAN ROAD AND FIFE STREET.

ITS RETURN JOURNEY WILL BE VIA FIFE STREET, TUNG CHOI STREET, ARGYLE STREET, YIM PO FONG STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, PUI CHING ROAD, FAT KWONG STREET, SHEUNG FOO STREET, SHEUNG SHING STREET, TIN KWONG ROAD, MA TAU WAI ROAD, SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD, TO KWA WAN ROAD, SAN MA TAU STREET AND WAI KING STREET.

THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM 6.40 AM TO 11 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND 7.30 AM TO 10,30 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

ITS FREQUENCY WILL BE EIGHT MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS AND

15 MINUTES DURING OFF-PEAK PERIODS.

WHILE THE FULL FARE IS $1.5 EACH WAY, A SECTIONAL FARE OF $1 WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE TRIP FROM HO MAN TIN ESTATE TO ARGYLE MTR STATION, OR FROM THE SAME ESTATE TO KOWLOON CITY.

WATER FIGURES ****

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 86.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 497.447 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 323.805 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 56.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.