FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1988
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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS AT NEW FLYOVER
FROM 2 PM ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 8), SPECIAL TRAFFIC
ARRANGEMENTS
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN SHAM SHUI PO AND MONG KOK TO TIE IN WITH THE OPENING OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER.
LEARNER DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SECTION OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER, FROM ITS ENTRANCE SLIP ROAD ON CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD TO ITS EXIT SLIP ROAD IN BOUNDARY STREET.
FROM A POINT ABOUT
IN ADDITION, THE SECTION OF THE FLYOVER, 10 METRES NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND MAPLE STREET TO ITS EXIT SLIP ROAD IN BOUNDARY STREET, WILL BE DESIGNATED A 24-HOUR RESTRICTED ZONE. NO VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED ΤΟ STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS THERE.
TEN NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES AWARDED
TEN NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES WILL COME INTO OPERATION BY THE END OF APRIL THIS YEAR TO SERVE DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE ROUTES IS A RESULT OF GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE GREEN MINIBUS (GMB) SERVICES CAN USEFULLY BE INTRODUCED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.
THE 10 ROUTES FORMED PART OF THE NINE PACKAGES COMPRISING 18 NEW PROPOSED GMB ROUTES ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. THE 10 ROUTES WILL SERVE KWUN TONG, WONG TAI SIN, SAI KUNG. NORTH DISTRICT, TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN.
APPLICATIONS TO OPERATE THESE ROUTES WERE INVITED ON OCTOBER 9 AND WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 6, A TOTAL OF 37 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
THE GREEN MINIBUS OPERATORS SELECTION BOARD HAS JUST COMPLETED THE SELECTION PROCESS AND HAS CHOSEN THE OPERATORS FOR SIX PACKAGES COMPRISING THE 10 ROUTES.
NO APPLICANTS WERE INTERESTED IN OPERATING TWO PACKAGES OF ROUTES IN YUEN LONG, MONG KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO.
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