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HE STRESSED THAT FOR SOME OF THE MORE REMOTE OUTLYING RURAL AREAS WHERE BUS SERVICES ARE NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT, THE PROVISION OF PARK-AND-RIDE FACILITIES AT MTR STATIONS OR OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES NEAR THE EDGE OF THE URBAN AREA IS DESIRABLE SO THAT MOTORISTS FROM THESE AREAS MAY BE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT A STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS AND COMPLETE THEIR JOURNEY BY MTR.
+HOWEVER,+ HE WENT ON, FOR JOURNEYS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE BUILT-UP URBAN AREAS, OUR POLICY IS TO ENCOURAGE TRAVELLERS WISHING TO USE MTR TO GAIN ACCESS TO STATIONS EITHER BY WALKING OR BY USE OF THE MANY FEEDER BUS AND MAXICAB SERVICES WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, BUT NOT BY USE OF PRIVATE CAR.+
1980'S WILL BE EXCITING DECADE FOR CIVIL SERVICE
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THE 1980'S WILL BE AN EXCITING DECADE OF GROWTH, CHANGE AND CHALLENGE FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS, SAID THIS WHEN HE OPENED THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY).
REFERRING TO THE IMPACT WHICH INCREASED IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA IS HAVING ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMES, HE SAID.
SINCE THE PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALREADY OPERATING AT FULL STRETCH IN CARRYING OUT EXISTING PROGRAMMES, THIS UPSURGE IN OUR POPULATION WILL INEVITABLY CALL FOR AN EVEN GREATER EFFORT BY THE CIVIL SERVICE, AND A CORRESPONDINGLY HIGHER RATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.+
+A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF YOUNG GRADUATES WILL BE CRUCIAL TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE YEARS AHEAD HE SAID.
HE URGED ALL CUHK STUDENTS TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE MERITS OF A CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
IN RECENT YEARS THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED AN AVERAGE OF 210 FRESH GRADUATES ANNUALLY FROM CUHK.
MR ROWLANDS SAID HE SHOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS FIGURE RISE TO 300 THIS COMING YEAR, AND RISE LATER TO 400 OR SO,
+AS A GOOD EMPLOYER WE PRACTISE MODERN STAFF MANAGEMENT METHODS, WE RECOGNISE THAT MEN AND WOMEN WORK BEST IF THEY ARE TREATED AS INDIVIDUALS, WE LIKE TO GIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE REWARD MERIT BY EARLY PROMOTION, HE SAID.
HE ALSO