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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935
NEW MAXICAB ROUTES IN KWUN TONG
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THREE NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WILL START OPERATION IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT FROM JANUARY 13 (SUNDAY).
THEY ARE: ROUTE 34M FROM LOWER SAU MAU PING TO KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE NEAR YUE MAN SQUARE, ROUTE 35 BETWEEN UPPER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE AND HONG LEE COURT VIA NGAU TAU KOK MTR STATION, AND ROUTE 36 BETWEEN NGOK YUE SHAN AND KWUN TONG FERRY. THEIR FARES WILL BE FROM 80 CENTS TO $1.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW ROUTES WOULD STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES IN THE NGAU TAU KOK, NGOK YUE SHAN AND LOWER SAU MAU PING AREAS.
ROUTES 34M AND 35 ARE FEEDER ROUTES PROVIDING CONVENIENT LINKS TO MTR STATIONS AND THE TOWN CENTRE WHILE ROUTE 36 IS TO REPLACE KMB ROUTE NO. 19.
+TO AVOID WASTEFUL COMPETITION AND TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS SERVICE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUTERS IN THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT, THE EXISTING PLB SERVICES AFFECTED BY THE NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE REARRANGED AND START OPERATION ON THE SAME DATE.
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+THE AGREEMENT TO THE REARRANGEMENT WAS REACHED FOLLOWING MEETINGS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE PLB OPERATORS CONCERNED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW MAXICAB SERVICES, THE NUMBER OF MAXICAB ROUTES IN KOWLOON WILL BE INCREASED TO 36, INVOLVING A TOTAL OF OVER 200 MAXICABS,+ HE SAID.
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FOR BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW ****
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE TO KWA WAN AREA FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 10), TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
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LOK SHAN ROAD BETWEEN TO KWA WAN ROAD AND YUK YAT STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
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THE RIGHT-TURN FROM TO KWA WAN ROAD NORTHBOUND INTO LOK SHAN ROAD EASTBOUND WILL BE BANNED TO ALL TRAFFIC.
TRAFFIC ON TO KWA WAN ROAD NORTHBOUND HEADING FOR LOK SHAN ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA CHI KIANG STREET AND YUK YAT STREET.
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