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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1976 ·
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PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ABOUT DRUGS FIND OUT HOW THEY CAN BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVELY BE PROMOTED AND REGULATED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE REPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN GIS BOXES THIS EVENING.
KCR TO INTRODUCE FIXED EXCESS FARE
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IS TO INTRODUCE A FIXED EXCESS FARE STRUCTURE FROM THURSDAY (MAY 6) TO AVOID POSSIBLE DELAYS OF PASSENGERS.
FROM THAT DAY, ANY PASSENGER WHO ARRIVES AT MONGKOK OR THE HUNG HOM TERMINAL WITHOUT PAYING HIS FARE AND UNABLE TO SATISFY THE RAILWAY OFFICER OF HIS ORIGINATING STATION WILL BE CHARGED A FIXED FARE OF $2.40 FOR AN ADULT AND $1.20 FOR A CHILD. THIS IS BASED ON THE ORDINARY FARE FROM SHEUNG SHUI PLUS 50 PER CENT OF THE TICKET COST.
A TICKET WILL BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT UNDULY DELAYING THE PASSENGER.
IF A PASSENGER CAN PROVE HIS ORIGINATING STATION HE WILL BE CHARGED ACCORDINGLY PLUS 50 PER CENT OF THE FARE CHARGED. A HAND-WRITTEN RECEIPT WILL BE ISSUED AS AT PRESENT,
THE PRESENT PRACTICE FOR THOSE TRAVELLING FROM KOWLOON TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WITHOUT PAYING FARES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
EXPLAINING THE NEW ARRANGEMENT. THE KCR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, MR. U.L. WONG, SAID THERE HAD BEEN COMPLAINTS CONCERNING DELAYS IN ISSUING EXCESS FARE TICKETS FROM PASSENGERS WHO DID NOT OBTAIN A TICKET AT THEIR ORIGINATING STATION AND THEY HAD TO PAY AT THE DESTINATION.
THERE WERE ALSO COMPLAINTS THAT SOME RAILWAY STAFF COLLECTED FARES WITHOUT ISSUING ANY RECEIPTS.
MR. WONG EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE IMPROVED FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW SYSTEM.
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