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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1986

GRAVE-SWEEPERS HEADING FOR THE ROMAN CALTHOLIC CEMETERY ABOVE CHING CHEUNG ROAD SHOULD USE CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YEE KUK WEST STREET AND KING LAM STREET.

AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS EXPECTED AT THE HAMMER HILL ROAD JUNCTION WITH LUNG CHEUNG ROAD IN WONG TAI SIN, MOTORISTS GOING TO THE HAMMER HILL CEMETERY SHOULD APPROACH VIA LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE INTERCHANGE AND PO LONG VILLAGE ROAD.

FESTIVAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR HK ISLAND *****

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL AS CONSIDERABLE CONGESTION IS EXPECTED IN THE PEAK AREA AND ON APPROACH ROADS TO CEMETERIES.

CMB SERVICES WILL BE STRENGTHENED ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 12)

AS FOLLOWS:

* ROUTE 57 FROM CENTRAL TO CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY WILL OPERATE AT A FREQUENCY OF SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES BETWEEN 7 AM AND 5.52 PM.

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ROUTE 15B FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO THE PEAK WILL RUN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 7.40 PM AT A 20-MINUTE FREQUENCY.

ROUTE 15M BETWEEN MTR ADMIRALTY STATION (EAST) AND THE PEAK WILL OPERATE FROM 8 AM TO 7.12 PM AT A 12-MINUTE FREQUENCY.

IN ADDITION, ROUTE 89 RUNNING BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN BUS TERMINUS AND CHAI WAN CEMETERY VIA CHAI WAN MTR STATION (CIRCULAR) WILL OPERATE FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM DAILY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY (OCTOBER 13) AT A FREQUENCY OF FIVE MINUTES.

ROUTE INGS OF CMB ROUTES 80, 81, 81M, 82, 83, 84, 780 AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE 106, AS WELL AS GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 16M AND 18M WILL BE DIVERTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM DAILY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

MEANWHILE, ROAD CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN CHAI WAN DAILY BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE DETAILS ARE:

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CAPE COLLINSON ROAD EAST OF LIN SHING ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.

THE SLIP ROAD LEADING TO THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE AND CREMATORIUM FROM CAPE COLLINSON ROAD, AS WELL AS THE SLIP ROAD LEADING TO CHAI WAN CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY, WILL BE CLOSED.

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