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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1986

+ WE HOPE THAT THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS WILL PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION AS DATA COLLECTED IS VITAL FOR GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND IS ALSO WIDELY USED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.+

THE SPOKESMAN GAVE ASSURANCE THAT ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND WOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER DATA PROCESSING.

ONE-HOUR TRAFFIC CHANGE FOR SWITCH ON ****

SAND MARTIN BRIDGE IN SHA TIN WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR ONE HOUR - FROM 6 PM TO 7 PM ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 6) TO FACILITATE THE SWITCHING ON OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVE LIGHTS.

VEHICLES INTENDING TO CROSS SHING MUN RIVER VIA SAND MARTIN BRIDGE AT THAT TIME, WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LION BRIDGE AND BANYAN BRIDGE.

AND A NUMBER OF KMB ROUTES WILL BE DIVERTED DURING THE CLOSURE.

THEY ARE ROUTE 48 BETWEEN WO CHE AND TSUEN WAN FERRY ROUTE 69 BETWEEN CHOI YUEN AND YUEN CHAU KOK, ROUTE 70 BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND JORDAN ROAD FERRY, ROUTE 72 BETWEEN TAI PO MARKET AND SHAM SHUI PO FERRY, ROUTE 81K BETWEEN SUN TIN WAI AND SUI WO COURT, AND ROUTE 281 BETWEEN BELAIR GARDENS AND SHA TIN CENTRAL.

LIBRARIES TO CLOSE ON HOLIDAYS

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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE NON-URBAN AREA WILL BE CLOSED FROM SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 9) TO TUESDAY, THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, EXCEPT THE SOUTH LAMMA AND THE TWO MOBILE ONES, WILL REMAIN OPEN ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE, SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 8).

THE OPENING HOURS FOR THE LIBRARIES AT CHEUNG CHAU, FANLING, NORTH KWAI CHUNG, SAI KUNG, SHA TIN

SHA TIN, SHEUNG SHUI, SOUTH KWAI CHUNG, TAI O, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN TAI HING), TUEN MUN (YAU 01) AND YUEN LONG WILL BE FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM. THE HOURS AT MUI Wo AND PENG CHAU PUBLIC LIBRARIES WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 1 PM.

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