WEDNESDAY, Dr
23 1981
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SIGN LANGUAGE
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BOTH COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS WERE UNABLE FOR FINANCIAL AND MANPOWER REASONS TO PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE AND CAPTIONS TO SELECTED PROGRAMMES FOR THE DEAF AT THIS TIME, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON D.C. BRAY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HARRY FANG, MR BRAY SAID THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS PUT BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING TO THE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS LATE LAST YEAR. BUT THE STATIONS WE E UNABLE FOR THE TIME BEING TO PROVIDE SUCH FACILITIES FOR A MINORITY SECTION OF THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND ON FINANCIAL AND MANPOWER RESOURCES, HE SAID.
HOWEVER A WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW PROGRAMME PRODUCED BY RTHK FROM JUNE LAST YEAR, WAS PARTICULARLY WELL-SUITED TO ADAPTATION FOR THE DEAF.
+WHILE RTHK DOES PROVIDE AS PART OF ITS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY A RANGE OF PROGRAMME FOR MINORITY AUDIENCES, CONSTRAINTS INCLUDING TIME, MANPOWER AND OTHER RESOURCES DO NOT READILY PERMIT THE EXPANSION OF THIS SERVICE AT PRESENT,+ MR BRAY SAID.
THROUGH TRAINS FROM TSUEN WAN TO TSIM SHA TSUI AND CENTRAL
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THERE WILL BE A THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE FROM TSUEN WAN TO TSIM SHA TSUI AND CENTRAL WHEN THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION IS OPENED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR DEREK JONES, ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM MR CHARLES YEUNG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR JONES SAID +TRAINS FROM KWUN TONG WILL ENTER THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR ON A SEPARATE PARALLEL LINE AND TERMINATE AT WATERLOO STATION.+
HE SAID THIS ARRANGEMENT IS DESIGNED TO MOVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TRAINS THROUGH THE JUNCTION AT MONG KOK AND THAT IT WAS THE BEST OF SOME 20 ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES.
+ IT HAS THE MERIT OF PROVIDING THROUGH TRAINS FROM THE TSUEN WAN BRANCH, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE HEAVILY UTILISED THAN THE KWUN TONG BRANCH.+
HE FURTHER EXPLAINED: +IF BOTH BRANCHES WERE TO PROVIDE THROUGH TRAINS DOWN THE MAIN LINE, THE FREQUENCY OF TRAINS ON EACH BRANCH WOULD NEED TO BE CUT VIRTUALLY IN HALF AND THIS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE.+
/MR JONES