SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1981
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SPEED-UP OF STUDENT TRAVEL CARD WORK URGED
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THE STUDENT TRAVEL OFFICE TODAY URGED SCHOOLS TO SUBMIT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ALL APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS, WHICH WILL ALLOW TRAVEL AT CONCESSIONARY RATES ON BUSES, FERRIES, TRAINS AND TRAMS.
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE, MR DAVID CHOW, SAID TODAY THAT 540 000 APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOOLS.
+HOWEVER, ONLY ABOUT 40 000 COMPLETED APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN FORWARDED FOR PROCESSING, MR CHOW SAID.
HE URGED SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO SPEED UP THE RETURNS SO THAT VAL IDATED STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS COULD BE ISSUED FOR USE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH.
+ABOUT FIVE PER CENT OF THE RETURNS FROM THE SCHOOLS HAD TO BE REJECTED BECAUSE OF WRONG ENTRY OF NAME, IDENTITY CARD NUMBERS, BIRTH DATES AND OMISSION OF THE APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE, MR CHOW SAID.
MR CHOW ALSO REMINDED SCHOOLS TO RETURN WRONGLY-COMPLETED OR DEFACED STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS TO THE STUDENT TRAVEL OFFICE FOR CANCELLATION.
PLB CLEARWAY TO BE EXTENDED
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THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS CLEARWAY IN FU HING STREET, SHEUNG SHU!. WILL BE EXTENDED EASTWARDS FOR ABOUT 30 METRES FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 15).
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