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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988

FOLLOWING IS A NEW FARE TABLE OF THESE GMB ROUTES:

ROUTE NO.

ROUTE

NEW FARE

4A

ABERDEEN (SHEK PAI WAN) TO CAUSEWAY BAY (YUN PING ROAD)

3.50

4B

ABERDEEN (SHEK PAI WAN) TO WAN CHAI (CIRCULAR)

3.50

4C

ABERDEEN (SHEK PAI WAN) TO CAUSEWAY BAY (YUN PING ROAD}

3.50

5

ABERDEEN (NAM NING STREET) TO CAUSEWAY BAY (PAK SHA ROAD}

6

OCEAN PARK/SHOUSON HILL TƠ CENTRAL (STAR FERRY)

7

MOUNT NICHOLSON TO

CENTRAL (STAR FERRY)

3.50

8

BAGUIO VILLA (LOWER) TO

4

CENTRAL (STAR FERRY)

35M

ABERDEEN (NAM NING STREET) TO WAN CHAI (LUN FAT STREET)

3.50

BE

CERTAIN SECTION FARES FOR ROUTES 4A, 4B, 4C AND 5 WILL ALSO INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE OF 50 CENTS WHILE THOSE FOR ROUTES 6, 7 AND 8 WILL GO UP BY AN AVERAGE OF $1.

MOREOVER, SECTION FARES RANGING FROM 50 CENTS TO $3 WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR ROUTE 35M.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FARE INCREASES WERE APPROVED IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING OPERATING COSTS AND THE GMB OPERATOR'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO

SERVICES MODERNISE THE VEHICLE FLEET.

PROVIDE SATISFACTORY

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