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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1975
MORE PEOPLE USING AIRPORT COACH SERVICE
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THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS USING THE AIRPORT COACH SERVICE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY (MONDAY) WAS 1,512, A 135 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE AVERAGE OF RECENT WEEKS,
IN A LAST BID TO SAVE THE SERVICE FROM WITHDRAWAL THE FARE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO $2 FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY AND ONLY $1 AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT AT LEAST 1,500 PASSENGERS A DAY (ABOUT 15 ON EACH TRIP) WERE NEEDED TO MAKE THE SERVICE BREAK EVEN. +BUT IF THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS DOES NOT CONTINUE AT THIS LEVEL UNTIL JANUARY 15 THEN THE SERVICE WILL CEASE.+
DIPLOMAS FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL INSPECTORS
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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HEALTH HAS AWARDED DIPLOMAS IN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TO SIX LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
THEY ARE SMOKE INSPECTOR LAI PING-NAM AND ASSISTANT SMOKE INSPECTORS CHOW KWOK-CHOI, CHU CHI-MING, LAM CHI-YIN, LEUNG PAK-MING AND TONG CHO-YAU.
THEIR SUCCESS MEANS THAT ALL INSPECTORS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT ARE NOW HOLDING THE INTERNATIONALLY- RECOGNISED DIPLOMA.
+THE DIPLOMA IS ACCEPTED AS A HALLMARK OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COMPETENCE IN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL,+ MR. DAVID NEWBURY, HEAD OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT, ŠAID.
+TOGETHER WITH FIELD TRAINING, ATTAINMENT OF THE DIPLOMA IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS,+ HE ADDED.
THE SIX OFFICERS SAT FOR A SPECIAL TWO-DAY ORAL AND WRITTEN EXAMINATION IN NOVEMBER CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF AIR POLLUTION.
THE EXAMINERS WERE MR. EDGAR LAUFER, OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER (TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT), AND DR. A.J. NUTTEN, GOVERNMENT CHEMIST.
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