WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978
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NEW BUILDING FOR MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME
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THE REPROVISIONED MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME IS EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION BY MID-SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, THE HON. THOMAS LEE SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE REV, THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. LEE SAID THE BUILDING WOULD BE COMPLETED AND HANDED OVER TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.
HE SAID THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION AROUND MARCH AND APRIL THIS YEAR, BUT THIS WAS EXTENDED AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IS STILL GOING ON.
BUS SERVICES TO TING KOK ROAD ****
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, MR. DEREK JONES, SAID TODAY THERE ARE PLANS FOR MORE BUS SERVICES ALONG TING KOK ROAD IN TAI PO AND NEW BUS ROUTES WOULD BE ESTABLISHED SPECIFICALLY TO SERVE THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. LI FOOK-WO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, MR. JONES SAID ALTHOUGH THE BUS SERVICES ARE NOW BETTER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE, GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THEY NEED TO BE FURTHER IMPROVED.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO TWO BUS ROUTES, TAI PO MARKET TO TAI MEI TUK AND NO. 84 FROM TAI PO MARKET TO
NO. 75 FROM SAM MUN TSAI PARTLY TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AT YUE KOK.
THESE INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL SINGLE DECKER BUSES ON ROUTE 84 BY DOUBLE DECKERS AND THE PARTIAL CONVERSION TO DOUBLE DECKERS ON ROUTE 75.
+PLANS ARE ALSO IN HAND TO DOUBLE THE FREQUENCY OF ROUTE 84 FROM ONE BUS EVERY 40 MINUTES TO ONE EVERY 20 MINUTES AND ROUTE 75 WILL BE FULLY CONVERTED TO DOUBLE DECKERS AS SOON AS POSSIELE,+ MR. JONES SAID.
IN ADDITION, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE ALSO BEING SERVED BY PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, HE ADDED.
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