Labels:text | newspaper | newsprint OCR: A line of mosquito buses awaiting repair. Progressive Plans Of Syonansi-Siden PLANS for the reconstruction place as the fourth and will run and the extension of the along Changi Road until Changi existing transport system in Village. The sixth will connect Syonan are receiving the care- Tempines Village with Changi ful attention of the authorities Road while the seventh will run concerned though their main from Paya Lebar to Ponggol. problem is the restoration of At the moment the transport transport facilities to system in Syonan is provided by nor- diesel-engined omnibuses and . In spite of war time con- maley. the electrically operated trolley- buses, large numbers of which ditions. the Syonans! Siden has were destroyed during the recent restored and is now operating 14 hostilities in the island. transport routes in and around To make up for the deficiency the city while it is at the moment considering the opening of seven in large transport vehicles, the authorities are repairing and re- additional routes on which mos- quito buses will operate. fitting scores of former mosquito buses at the Syonansi Siden The first of these will be a ser- vice starting from Raffles Quay. headquarters at Mackenzie Road. Asked by a Syonan Times re- along Cross Street, New Bridge porter regarding plans for the Road. River Valley Road up to improvement of the city's trans- the Alexandra Road junction. The second will start at the port system an official stated that Harbour Board end of Kampong under present circumstances Bahru Road. they are seeking to provide better and will follow cars which will be either made Outram Road, Kim Seng Road and end at Napier Road. here or obtained from Nippon. The And. in spite of war time con- third will run from Finlayson ditions and the difficulty of send- Green to Balestier Road. fourth will run from the junction The ing out new transport vehicles o' Geviang Road with Joo Chiat from Nippon, it is hoped to en- Road un to Kampong Melayu large the scope of the island The fifth starts from the same transport system, which before the war was very scanty. even
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