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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986

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EXTENDED TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR NEW YEAR

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE UNTIL EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

TO COPE WITH FESTIVE CROWDS, THE STAR FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN EDINBURGH PLACE AND KOWLOON POINT WILL RUN ALL NIGHT. WHILE THE MTR AND THE KCR WILL CLOSE FOR THE DAY AROUND 1 AM, PEAK TRAMS WILL OPERATE UP TO 1.30 AM. TRAMS WILL CARRY ON WITH THEIR SERVICE UNTIL 2 AM BUT WILL NOT OPERATE ROUND THE HAPPY VALLEY LOOP.

IN ADDITION, MANY BUS AND GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES ON BOTH SIDES

OF THE HARBOUR WILL FINISH LATER THAN USUAL.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE OPERATION OF CMB ROUTES 2 AND 10 WILL NE EXTENDED BY 20 MINUTES, ROUTES 4, 7, 10, 23, 72, 90M AND 92 BY ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND ROUTE 70 BY NEARLY AN HOUR. OF THESE SERVICES, THE LAST BUS ON ROUTES 4. 70 AND 90M WILL DEPART CENTRAL AT 1 AM AND THAT ON ROUTES 2 AND 7 AT 1.30 AM.

IN KOWLOON, KMB ROUTES 1A, BOK, 81K AND 88K WILL RUN ON FOR ANOTHER HOUR AFTER THE IR NORMAL SCHEDULES. MEANWHILE, ROUTES 5C AND 6 WILL EXTEND THEIR SERVICES FOR ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AND ROUTE 5 FOR ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS.

FOR THE TSIM SHA TSUI ROUTES, THE LAST DEPARTURES FROM STAR FERRY FOR ROUTES 1A, 50 AND 6 WILL BE AROUND 1.30 AM AND ROUTE 5 AROUND 2 AM,

AS FOR GREEN MINIBUSES, ROUTES 16M, 19, 20 AND 20M ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL OPERATE UP TO 12,40 AM WHILE IN KOWLOON, ROUTES 1M AND 8 WILL FINISH AT 1 AM AND 1.30 AM RESPECTIVELY ROUTES 6 AND 7 AT 2 AM ROUTE 3 AT 2.30 AM AND ROUTE 16 AT 3 AM.

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 67K, 66K, 85 AND 97A WILL STOP RUNNING AT MIDNIGHT, 12.30 AM, 12.45 AM AND 1 AM RESPECTIVELY. ROUTES 20K, 22K, 65K AND 96M WILL CEASE OPERATING AROUND 1.30 AM AND ROUTES 81, 82 AND 83 AT 2 AM.

AS A RESULT OF SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TS/1 ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, MANY BUS ROUTES PLYING THROUGH THESE TWO VISTRICTS WILL HAVE TO BE DIVERTED.

THE AFFECTED SERVICES INCLUDE CMB ROUTES 5, 5A, 5P). 10, 10A, 103, 2, 21

2r, 21, 22, 23A, 24, 40M, 81M, 103 AND 781 AS WELL AS KMB ROUTE? A1, A2, i 1A, 1K, 2, 2c, 3, 36, 3E, 5, 5C, 6, 4, 7, 8, 8A, 9,

26, 28 AND 71.

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