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between Tai Po Market and Lo Wu. Round the clock work on repairs commenced immediately after the passing of the typhoon and through train service between Kowloon and Lo Wu recommenced on the morning of 7th September, 1962 with speed restrictions on the section from Sha Tin to Tai Po Market. Normal service was resumed on 1st October, 1962.

4. A total of 13,551 illegal immigrants was conveyed back to Sham Chun, China, from Fanling by 16 special trains from 22nd to 25th May, 1962.

5. At the request of the Police, a line patrolling railbus was run nightly between Sha Tin and Fanling from 23rd to 29th May, 1962 to detect illegal immigrants from China who hid in the New Territories by day and made their way to Kowloon by night.

6. From 31st August, 1962 until 7th December, 1962 the Chinese Section did not allow any passengers from Hong Kong to enter Sham Chun (the border town) without a valid certificate showing that they had been inoculated against cholera at least six days before.

7. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Brown BLACK, G.C.M.G., O.B.E. visited the Railway on 20th September, 1962.

8. Mrs. S. BANDARANAIKE, Prime Minister of Ceylon, and her party were conveyed by a Chinese special train from Kowloon to China on 30th December, 1962 and returned to Kowloon on 9th January, 1963.

9. Dr. Tulsi GIRI, Foreign Minister of Nepal, and his party were conveyed by a Chinese special train from Lo Wu to Kowloon on their. return from China on 24th January, 1963.

TRAFFIC

10. Traffic earnings for the year under review amounted to $9,676,655, showing an increase of 6.93% over the previous year. Comparative figures are as shown below:

1962-63 $9,676,655

1961-62 $9,049,522

Increase

$627,133 (6.93%)

11. Passenger Traffic. Local passenger journeys increased by 6.37% while non-local passenger journeys showed a drop of 6.70%. This drop/ may have been affected by the several bomb incidents at Sham Chun over the Chinese Border during the year and the consequent restrictions imposed by the Chinese Section.

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