XN000022-1984-12-22 — Page 2

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1984

CHRISTMAS TRANSPORT HOURS LONGER

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON CHRISTMAS EVE UNTIL EARLY NEXT MORNING.

THE STAR FERRY'S CENTRAL TO TSIM SHA TSUI ROUTE WILL RUN ALL NIGHT. HYF'S CENTRAL TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY SERVICE WILL OPERATE UNTIL 1 AM, WHILE ITS NORTH POINT TO HUNG HOM SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

THE MTR WILL OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND KCR SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM.

PEAK TRAMS WILL RUN UNTIL 1.30 AM WHILE TRAM SERVICES, EXCEPT AROUND THE HAPPY VALLEY LOOP AND BETWEEN WHITTY STREET AND KENNEDY TOWN, WILL OPERATE ALL NIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

CMB WILL EXTEND SERVICES ON EIGHT MAJOR ROUTES NOS 2, 4, 7, 10, 23, 38, 70 AND 72.

THE LAST DEPARTURES OF ROUTE 2 FROM SHAU KEI WAN AND MACAU FERRY WILL BE AT 1.15 AM AND 2 AM RESPECTIVELY; NO 4 FROM WA FU AND CENTRAL WILL BE AT 0.30 AM AND 1 AM NO 7 FROM SHEK PAI WAN AND CENTRAL AT 2 AM AND 2.30 AM: NO 10 FROM NORTH POINT FERRY AND KENNEDY TOWN AT 1 AM AND 2 AM NO 23 FROM NORTH POINT FERRY AND POKFIELD ROAD AT 0.30 AM AND 1.15 AM; NO 38 FROM NORTH POINT AND CHI FU FA YUEN AT MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM: NO 70 FROM ABERDEEN AND CENTRAL AT 0.24 AM AND 1 AM AND NO 72 FROM ABERDEEN AND CAUSEWAY BAY AT 0.50 AM AND 1.30 AM.

KMB WILL ALSO EXTEND ITS SERVICES.

THE LAST DEPARTURES OF ROUTE 1A FROM SAU MAU PING AND STAR FERRY WILL BE AT 0.43 AM AND 1.40 AM RESPECTIVELY: NO 5 FROM CHOI HUNG AND STAR FERRY AT 2.20 AM AND 3 AM, NO 5C FROM TSZ WAN SHAN AND STAR FERRY AT 1.10 AM AND 2 AM NO 6 FROM LAI CHI KOK AND STAR FERRY AT 2.18 AM AND 3 AM; NO 9 FROM PING SHEK AND STAR FERRY AT 0,16 AM AND 1 AM; AND NO 66M FROM TAI HING AND TSUEN WAN MTR STATION AT 0.30 AM AND 1.15 AM.

IN ADDITION, MANY MAXICAB ROUTES WILL FINISH LATER THAN USUAL.

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