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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1983
THE COURSES WILL START ON JULY 16 AND 23.
THE OFFER OF SUBVENTED VACANCIES FOLLOWED AN EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, OF A SCHEME TO ASSIST DESERVING PEOPLE WHO WISHED TO TAKE PART IN OUTWARD BOUND COURSES.
THE SCHEME GOT OFF THE GROUND WITH A GRANT OF $670 000 BY THE GOVERNMENT.
MR WIGGHAM SAID THE AMOUNT GIVEN WAS A RECURRENT GRANT WHICH WOULD BE USED TO REDUCE THE COST OF NORMAL COURSE FEES BY ABOUT 50 PER CENT.
FOR THE WHOLE OF FISCAL 1983-84, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 1 000 SUBVENTED PLACES FOR LAND AND SEA-BASED COURSES.
NEW MAXICAB ROUTE FOR SAN PO KONG ***
A NEW MAXICAB ROUTE LINKING SAN PO KONG WITH MONG KOK RAILWAY STATION WILL BE IN SERVICE FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE NEW ROUTE, NO. 21K, WILL RUN VIA HONG KEUNG STREET, SHUNG LING STREET, TSEUK LUK STREET, TAI SHING STREET, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, TUNG TSING ROAD, LOK SIN ROAD, KAI TAK ROAD, NGA TSIN WAI ROAD, LA SALLE ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WEST, NATHAN ROAD, MONG KOK ROAD, SAI YEE STREET, ARGYLE STREET AND LUEN WAN STREET.
THE RETURN JOURNEY WILL BE VIA BUTE STREET, SA! YEE STREET, BOUNDARY STREET, LA SALLE ROAD, NGA TSIN WAI ROAD, TAK KU LING ROAD, LOK SIN ROAD, CHOI HUNG ROAD, TAI YAU STREET, TSEUK LUK STREET AND HONG KEUNG STREET.
THE NEW ROUTE WILL BE OPEN FROM 6.30 AM TO 10.30 PM ON WEEKDAYS, AND 8 AM TO 10 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. ITS SERVICE FREQUENCY WILL BE 10 MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS AND 15 MINUTES DURING OFF-PEAK PERIODS.
WHILE THE FULL FARE IS $2 PER TRIP, A SECTIONAL FARE OF $1 WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE JOURNEY FROM THE JUNCTION OF LA SALLE ROAD WITH NGA TS IN WAI ROAD TO MONG KOK RAILWAY STATION, AND FOR THE RETURN TRIP FROM THE SAME JUNCTION TO SAN PO KONG.