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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1992

MORE BUS SERVICES TO RELIEVE MTR CONGESTION

ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICES AT REDUCED FARES WILL BE FROM MONDAY (JULY 6) AS PART

INTRODUCED OF A SCHEME то RELIEVE THE PEAK-HOUR CONGESTION ALONG THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR

MORNING OF MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THIS WAS THE FINAL STAGE OF THE SCHEME THAT WOULD FACILITATE COMMUTERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

TWO NEW AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTES WILL BE ARE ROUTE NUMBER 242X AND 680.

INTRODUCED.

THEY

ROUTE 242X WILL PLY BETWEEN CHEUNG HANG ESTATE IN TSING YI TSIM SHA TSUI AT 7.45 AM AND 8.05

AND

AM.

THE CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE 680 WILL START AT SHEUNG WAN AT AM AND AT MA ON SHAN TOWN CENTRE AT 7.45 AM AND 7.55 AM.

6.35

THE EXISTING AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTE 307 RUNNING FROM TAI CENTRAL TO SHEUNG WAN WILL BE STRENGTHENED WITH ONE MORE DEPARTURE 7.35 AM ADDED FROM JULY 20.

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"ALL THESE ROUTES WILL BE OPERATING FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY APART FROM PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

$0.50 WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE NORMAL FARES TO PROMOTE SERVICES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30.

THESE

SUMMER PROGRAMME BEGINS

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YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ ENJOY VARIOUS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY TAKING PART IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUMMER PROGRAMMES THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF 1992 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MR SUEN SAID MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED то TAKE PART IN SOME 13,000 ACTIVITIES.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES WILL AMOUNT TO $35 MILLION. THEY WILL BE MET BY A DONATION OF $12.7 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DISTRICT BOARDS, DISTRICT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

/THIS YEAR'S