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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1987

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT FOR CHING MING

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL TO FACILITATE GRAVE-SWEEPERS GOING TO CEMETERIES, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

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IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WO HOP SHEK ROAD FROM THE WO HOP SHEK MINI-ROUNDABOUT TO THE JUNCTION OF ROAD D6 WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL PRIVATE VEHICLES FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM ON APRIL 5, 6, 12 AND 19. THE SECTION OF WO HOP SHEK ROAD BEYOND ITS JUNCTION WITH ROAD D6 WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICLES. KIU TAU ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND HEARSES.

FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM ON THE SAME DAYS, THE SLIP ROAD AT WO HOP SHEK CONNECTION FROM NORTHBOUND NT TRUNK ROAD LEADING TO WO HOP SHEK MINI-ROUNDABOUT WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND FRANCHISED BUSES.

FANLING PLAYGROUND ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, GREEN MINIBUSES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND RESIDENTS FOR LOCAL ACCESS. THE FANLING KCR FORECOURT WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AT ITS ACCESS FROM ROAD D5 EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, GREEN MINIBUSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

IN TSUEN WAN, LO WAI ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM ON APRIL 4, 5, 6 AND 12. THE OLD ACCESS ROAD TO THE TSUEN WAN CEMETERY FROM TEXACO ROAD IS CLOSED AND THE NEW ACCESS IS VIA WING SHUN STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.

WING SHUN STREET AT ITS JUNCTION WITH KWAI HEI STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND HEARSES FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM ON APRIL 4, 5, 6, 12 AND 19. GRAVE-SWEEPERS SHOULD TAKE THE MTR AND GET OFF AT KWAI FONG MTR STATION.

IN SHAM SHUI PO, WING MING STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM 7 AM ON APRIL 5 TO 6 PM THE FOLLOWING DAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES IN YEE KUK WEST STREET, YU CHAU WEST STREET, KING LAM STREET, WING HONG STREET AND TAI NAN WEST STREET WILL BE SUSPENDED.

DURING THE CLOSURE, GRAVE-SWEEPERS GOING TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY SHOULD USE CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YEE KUK WEST STREET AND KING LAM STREET.

RESIDENTS GOING TO THE HAMMER HILL CEMETERY SHOULD USE LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE INTERCHANGE AND PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD.

ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, KCRC AND KMB WILL STEP UP THEIR SERVICES DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD. ON APRIL 5, 6, 12 AND 19 KMB WILL OPERATE SPECIAL BUS SERVICES - ROUTES TOR AND 70S - FROM FANLING KCR STATION TO WO HOP SHEK AND FROM JORDAN ROAD FERRY BUS TERMINUS TO WO HOP SHEK RESPECTIVELY.