WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982
MR ROBERT FELL TO STAY ON
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT NEWS HAD BEEN
RECEIVED FROM LONDON THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE HAD AGREED TO RELEASE MR ROBERT FELL TO ENABLE HIM TO CONTINUE SERVING AS HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES AND COMMISSIONER FOR COMMODITIES TRADING ON A LONGER TERM BASIS.
THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD INVITED MR FELL TO CONTINUE SERVING IN HIS PRESENT CAPACITY ON A LONGER TERM BASIS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FORMALITIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED. BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE SHORTLY.
WARNING ON MISUSE OF STUDENT TRAVEL CARD
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A STUDENT WHO TRANSFERRED HIS CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL CARD TO ANOTHER PERSON HAD HIS PASS WITHDRAWN BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT RECENTLY.
SIX OTHERS WHO BREACHED THE CONDITIONS OF ISSUE AND USE OF THE STUDENT TRAVEL CARD, WERE GIVEN WARNING LETTERS,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT MORE SEVERE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST FUTURE CASES.
HE REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE TO PAY STUDENT CONCESSIONARY FARES WITHOUT A VALID STUDENT TRAVEL CARD, AND EMPHASISED THAT IT WAS SIMPLE FOR STUDENTS TO OBTAIN THESE PASSES.
+ALL STUDENTS AGED FROM 12 TO 25 AND WHO ARE ENROLLED IN FULL TIME COURSES CAN APPLY FOR THE CARD AT ANY TIME THROUGH THEIR SCHOOLS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HE SAID,
LATEST FIGURES SHOW THAT 448 002 SUCH CARDS HAD BEEN ISSUED.
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