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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1986

II. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

NO PARKING FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE PEAK AND CAUSEWAY BAY AREA AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE. DETAILS OF SPECIAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ON THURSDAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

THE MTR AND PEAK TRAMS WILL RUN ALL NIGHT, WHILE TRAM SERVICES, EXCEPT ROUTES RUNNING FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO SHAÚ KEI WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN, WILL BE EXTENDED TO AROUND 2 AM ON FRIDAY.

CMB WILL OPERATE TWO SPECIAL BUS ROUTES TO THE PEAK AREA: 15A RUNNING BETWEEN NORTH POINT FERRY AND THE PEAK FROM 7.30 PM ON THURSDAY TO 4.45 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY- AND 15M OPERATING FROM 8 PM ON THURSDAY TO 2.37 AM THE NEXT MORNING BETWEEN ADMIRALTY MTR STATION AND THE PEAK.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL ALSO BE OPERATED ON CMB ROUTES 6, 9 14, 15, 61 AND 73. ROUTES 70, 72, 90M, 92 AND EXPRESS COACH ROUTÉ 260 WILL ALSO EXTEND THEIR SERVICES TO FINISH BETWEEN 12.30 AM AND 1.24 AM ON FRIDAY.

IN ADDITION, BUSES ON CMB ROUTE 5B AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 102, 103, 106, 170 AND 200 WILL HAVE TO DIVERT THEIR ROUTEINGS TO AVOID CLOSED ROAD SECTIONS.

MOREOVER, ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL ALSO BE OPERATED ON NLB ROUTES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 7 ON LANTAU ISLAND DURING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS.

AS REGARDS GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES, ROUTE 1 (CENTRAL TO THE PEAK) WILL RUN UNTIL 4 AM ON FRIDAY, WHILE SERVICES OF ROUTES 16M (CHAI WAN MTR STATION TO CHUNG HOM KOK) AND 20 (CHAI WAN FERRY PIER TO SAI WAN HO FERRY PIER) WILL FINISH AT 12.40 AM ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20).

ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON OUTLYING DISTRICT FERRY ROUTES. TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER DEMAND, FROM 6 PM ON THURSDAY, FERRY SERVICE FROM CENTRAL TO LAMMA ISLAND WILL OPERATE FROM BLAKE PIER INSTEAD OF FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PIER.

HOWEVER, EVENING PEAK-HOUR FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND KWUN TONG WILL BE SUSPENDED ON THURSDAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A MAP SHOWING SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CAUSEWAY BAY FOR THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK LATER TODAY.

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