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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1984

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ISLANDERS TO AIR VIEWS THROUGH FORUM

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THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SERVICES ON THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WILL BE SOME OF THE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE DISTRICT'S OPEN FORUM ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 12) AFTERNOON.

ISLANDS IS THE SIXTH DISTRICT TO HOLD THE FORUM, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG TO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO AIR THEIR VIEWS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON LOCAL ISSUES.

ON SUNDAY, SPEAKERS ON THE PANEL WILL INCLUDE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RAYMOND WONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MR KWONG PING-YAU, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, AND MR YIU KAI-HANG AND THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

THE 90-MINUTE FORUM WILL START AT 3 PM IN TUNG WAN PLAYGROUND ON CHEUNG CHAU. IT WILL BE RECORDED AND BROADCAST ON RTHK RADIO 1 AT 8 AM THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY (AUGUST 18).

THE OTHER 12 DISTRICTS WILL HOLD SIMILAR FORUMS ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAYS UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER.

NEW MAXICAB SERVICES FOR SHA TIN

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FOUR NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN NEXT WEEK.

ROUTE NO. 65 RUNNING FROM SIU LEK YUEN TO FO TAN VIA NGAU

· PEI SHA STREET, SIU LEK YUEN ROAD, FO TAN ROAD AND MIN FONG STREET WILL START ON MONDAY (AUGUST 13), OPERATING FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM, AT A FARE OF $1.50.

ROUTE NO. 63K WILL START TO OPERATE FROM TUESDAY (AUGUST 14), PLYING BETWEEN TAI WAI KCR STATION AND MUI LEE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA VIA TSUEN NAM ROAD, TAI WAI AND MEI TIN ROAD. IT WILL RUN FROM 6.30 AM TO 11.30 PM, CHARGING $1.

ROUTE NO. 64K, RUNNING FROM TAI WAI KCR SHING MUN T.H.A. VIA TSUEN NAM ROAD, TAI WAI MUN ROAD, WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ON TUESDAY. OPERATION WILL BE FROM 6.25 AM TO 11.25 PM. BE $1.

STATION TO LOWER AND LOWER SHING

HOURS OF THE FARE WILL

NO. 65R. FROM SHA TIN KCR STATION TO SHA TIN ME 1 SHA FERRY TERMINAL VIA TAI PO ROAD, WILL START TO OPERATE FROM WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 15), RUNNING DAILY FROM 8.15 AM TO 7.15 PM. FARE WILL BE $1.50.

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