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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1986

PUBLIC URGED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT DURING FESTIVAL

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT SPECIAL TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO COPE WITH CROWDS DURING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 18 (THURSDAY).

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO MAKE FULL USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WHICH WILL BE EXTENDED TO RUN OVERNIGHT OR UNTIL EARLY MORNING ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 19).

PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

THE MTR AND PEAK TRAMS WILL RUN ALL NIGHT, WHILE TRAM SERVICES, EXCEPT THE ROUTES RUNNING FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO SHAU 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 BE OPERATED ON CMB ROUTES 6, 9, 14, 15, 61 AND 73. ROUTES 70, 72, 90M, 92 AND EXPRESS COACH ROUTE 260 WİLL 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 ROUTE INGS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE 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 FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS.

FOR GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES, ROUTE 1 (CENTRAL TO THE PEAK) WILL RUN UNTIL 4 AM ON FRIDAY, WHILE THE 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 CLOSE AT 12.40 AM ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20).

ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON OUTLYING DISTRICT FERRY ROUTES. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER DEMAND, FROM 6 PM ON THURSDAY THE 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,

/TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS