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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989

EXTENDED TRANSPORT ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (FEBRUARY 5) UNTIL EARLY THE NEXT MORNING.

TO COPE WITH FESTIVE CROWDS EXPECTED TO FLOCK TO FLOWER FAIRS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, THE STAR FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN EDINBURGH PLACE AND KOWLOON POINT, AND TRAMS AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR), WILL RUN ALL NIGHT.

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COMPANY'S CENTRAL ΤΟ JORDAN

THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY ROAD SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1 AM, AND THE PEAK TRAM SERVICE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED IF NECESSARY.

SUPPLEMENTARY HYF PASSENGER FERRY SERVICES FROM CENTRAL TO MUI WO (VIA PENG CHAU) AND FROM CENTRAL TO CHEUNG CHAU (VIA YUNG SHUE WAN, LAMMA ISLAND) WILL BE OPERATED AT 1 AM AND 1.15 AM ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO OPERATING OVERNIGHT WILL BE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS (KMB) ROUTES 6, 26, 80M, 82M AND 85K AND KOWLOON GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 18, 33M AND 37M.

DURING THE EXTENDED OPERATING PERIOD, KMB ROUTE 80M WILL BE RE- ROUTED TO OPERATE BETWEEN KOWLOON TONG MTR STATION AND WO CHE AND ADDITIONAL BUS STOPS FOR KMB ROUTE 82M WILL BE DESIGNATED AT LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD NEAR SUN TIN WAI ESTATE AND TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD CITY ONE SHA TIN.

NEAR

THE LAST KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (KCR) TRAIN BOUND FOR SHEUNG SHUI WILL DEPART FROM KOWLOON STATION AT 2 AM.

ALL LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED TO 2 AM. ROUTE 611 WILL BE OPERATED BETWEEN FERRY PIER AND SIU HONG COURT AFTER 8 PM ON FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7 AND 8 AND WILL BE RENUMBERED AS ROUTE 511.

LRT FEEDER BUS ROUTES 559 AND 670 WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1 AM.

AS MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FLOWER FAIR AT VICTORIA PARK, SPECIAL CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES ON ROUTES 1119 (CAUSEWAY BAY TO CHOI HUNG) AND ROUTE 1125 (CAUSEWAY BAY TO MONG KOK) WILL BE IN SERVICE FROM HALF PAST MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM.

SPECIAL CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON ROUTE 121 (CENTRAL TO CHOI HUNG) FROM 45 MINUTES PAST MIDNIGHT TO 5 AM.

MOREOVER, CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 112 AND 116 WILL OPERATE SUPPLEMENTARY JOURNEYS LINKING CAUSEWAY BAY WITH MONG KOK AND CHOI HUNG RESPECTIVELY FROM 8 PM TO MIDNIGHT.

CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE 122 (NORTH POINT то SO UK) WILL INCREASE ITS FREQUENCY FROM 45 MINUTES PAST MIDNIGHT TO 5 AM.

ALSO

/CHINA MOTOR