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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1975
KCR LOCOMOTIVE COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES
LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 54
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'R BAKER'
OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY MADE HISTORY TODAY (MONDAY) BY DEING THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE ON THE RAILWAY TO COMPLETE 1,000,000 MILES.
THE RECORD WAS REACHED WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PULLING UP TO THE TSIM SHA TSUI TERMINUS AROUND 2 P.M.
THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS DELIVERED FROM AUSTRALIA ON JUNE 10, 1957 AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,073,000. SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN GIVING KCR COMMUTERS UNFAILING SERVICE IN ITS 18 YEARS OF OPERATION.
MR. REGINALD GREGORY, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, SAID THAT THIS DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE WAS ONE OF THE THREE 1.OCOMOTIVES RECENTLY MODIFIED TO OPERATE TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE HORSEPOWER NECESSARY TO HAUL THE HEAVIER OIL TRAINS FROM CHINA,
THE NAME 'R BAKER' IS THAT OF A FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF KCR.
ALIENS AND U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH SECTIONS COMBINED
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY RE-ORGANISED THE ALIENS AND THE U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH SECTIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND PROVIDING DETTER SERVICE.
WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY (MONDAY), THE TWO SECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMBINED ON THE 15TH FLOOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING. ALL ALIEN, U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS APPLYING FOR VISAS, EXTENSION OF STAY, CHANGE OF STATUS, ENDORSEMENT AND OTHER IMMIGRATION FACILITIES VILL BE DEALT WITH AT THE APPROPRIATE COUNTERS ON THIS FLOOR IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PASSPORT HELD. SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROCEDURES TO HELP REDUCE WAITING TIME.
A PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE OFFICE COUNTERS IS BEING DISPLAYED ON THE NOTICE BOARD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE OFFICE. FURTHER ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE ENQUIRIES SECTION ON THE SAME FLOOR.
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