TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1984
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+THESE OFFICERS ARE HEADS OF VARIOUS PUBLIC-ORIENTED SECTIONS WHO WILL BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO JUDGE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STAFF, HOW TO REDEPLOY EXISTING RESOURCES AND WHAT STEPS TO TAKE TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY, HE SAID.
TODAY AND TOMORROW MORNING, THE OFFICERS ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM THE PILOT PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH ON PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT.
THEY WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN INTERVAL OF EIGHT WEEKS TO DO RESEARCH WORK AND SURVEYS WITH A VIEW TO COMPLETING INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS ON INCREASING AND IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND SERVICES RENDERED TO THE PUBLIC.
A FINAL SESSION ON +PROJECT PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION+ WILL THEN BE HELD ON JULY 2, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
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RAF HELPS.REMOVE DUMPED VEHICLES
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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IS HELPING TO REMOVE VEHICLES DUMPED IN INACCESSIBLE AREAS, AS EFFORTS ARE BRING STEPPED UP BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF ABANDONED VEHICLES.
THE RAF BEGAN ITS FIRST MISSION TODAY (TUESDAY) REMOVING SEVERAL BATTERED AND RUSTED CARS FROM LUNG HA WAN IN SAI KUNG FOR SCRAPPING.
SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH ABANDONED CARS ARE FOUND IN FEI NGO SHAN AND MA ON SHAN, AND PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEAL WITH THEM ALSO.
+MEANWHILE THE PROBLEM OF ABANDONED VEHICLES ON STREET IS BEING CONTAINED, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
IN 1983, THE POLICE REMOVED 6 351 VEHICLES FROM ROADS, BUT HAD TO DEAL ONLY WITH 589 IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
WHILE THE PROBLEM OF ABANDONED VEHICLES HAD NOT BEEN FULLY SOLVED, THE SITUATION WAS STEADILY IMPROVING DUE TO THE JOINT EFFORTS OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPAND ITS EXISTING CAR SURRENDER FACILITIES AND OPEN UP MORE CENTRES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO GIVE UP THEIR CARS, HE ADDED.
PLANS ARE IN HAND TO OPEN UP A NUMBER OF POLICE VEHICLE POUNDS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG AS TEMPORARY SURRENDER CENTRES AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE SURRENDER METHODS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
/THE TRANSPORT