WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
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REASON FOR INSTALLING 50-CENT TURNSTILE
AT HK YAUMATI FERRY PIER
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THE IDEA TO INSTALL A 50-CENT TURNSTILE FOR FERRY COMMUTERS TRAVELLING BETWEEN JUBILEE STREET AND JORDON ROAD WAS TO ENABLE PASSENGERS IN A HURRY TO GO THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DELAYS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES SAID TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. T.S. LO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. JONES SAID THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY INTRODUCED THE 50-CENT TURNSTILE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS WITHOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF 40-CENT TURNSTILES FOLLOWING REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
+ALTHOUGH, HOWEVER, THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH AND IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC DEMAND IT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN WITHDRAWN BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND TO CONTRAVENE THE TERMS OF THE COMPANY'S FRANCHISE.+
MR. JONES NOTED THAT CONSIDERABLE DELAYS WERE EXPERIENCED BY PASSENGERS AT THE TURNSTILES, WHERE FOUR 10-CENT PIECES HAD TO BE INSERTED AND IT HAD NOT BEEN FEASIBLE TO DESIGN TURNSTILES CAPABLE OF TAKING THE FLANGED 20-CENT COINS OR OF GIVING CHANGE FOR A 50-CENT COIN.
HE SAID: +CHANGE COUNTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP AT THE TERMINALS, BUT AGAIN QUEUES HAVE BEEN FORMING AT THESE COUNTERS.+
POLICE COMMISSIONER RE-EXAMINING DEATH OF LIU PING-HON
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THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE TO APPOINT A COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH OF MR. LIU PING-HON, THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. JOHN HOBLEY SAID TODAY.
REPLYING A QUESTION BY REV. THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. HOBLEY SAID HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING PUBLIC INTEREST, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAD ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO RE-EXAMINE THE MATTER WITH A VIEW TO SEEING WHAT FURTHER INQUIRIES, IF ANY, COULD BE MADE.
MR. HOBLEY ADDED: +IN VIEW OF THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION, IT IS RIGHT THAT I SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DID NOT CONSULT HIM IN REACHING MY CONCLUSION THAT THE MATERIAL SUBMITTED WITH THE REPRESENTATIONS WHICH I RECEIVED FROM THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY.+
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