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Apart from the slow moving NT-bound traffic from Sham Tseng to a point outside Hong Kong Garden where the three lanes merge into one to facilitate the contra-flow arrangement, traffic on Tuen Mun Road is in general smooth. Short queues were spotted in Tuen Mun Town Centre at about 9.15 am but have been reducing since 9.40 am.

Traffic on Castle Peak Road is also improving with traffic moving at a faster pace than previous days.

This morning's travelling times on Tuen Mun Road as reflected by KMB 60M are as follows:

37-60 minutes for Tsuen Wan bound

28-58 minutes for Tuen Mun bound

Up to 9 am, a total of 71,700 passengers were carried by buses and ferries from Tuen Mun to the urban areas with breakdowns below:

1.

ferries to Central

5,000

2.

ferries to Tsuen Wan

700

3.

buses from Tuen Mun

66,000

End/Friday, September 8, 1995

Information code scheme to be extended

The Government has announced that it will extend the Code on Access to Information to all branches and departments following the success of the six-month pilot scheme which has just been reviewed.

A Government spokesman said today (Friday) that experience gained during the pilot scheme, which began in March, had shown that the Code provided a workable framework to provide access by members of the public to a wide range of information held by the Government.

"Nine departments and branches joined the pilot scheme in March, and a further 12 joined in July," the spokesman said.