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SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1985
IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE LAST QUARTER OF 1984, THE TCU RECEIVED 33 COMPLAINTS CONCERNING KCRC. HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, A TOTAL OF 26 COMPLAINTS WERE ALREADY RECORDED. THE MAIN AREAS OF COMPLAINT WERE DISRUPTION OF TRAIN SERVICES (SIX CASES) AND THE DISCONTINUATION OF MONTHLY TICKETS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMON STORED VALUE TICKET EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1984 (EIGHT CASES).
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT MAXICABS NOT KEEPING TO SCHEDULED FREQUENCIES AND ROUTE INGS INCREASED FROM 26 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER TO 42. ABOUT THREE IN FOUR OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
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THE MAXICAB ROUTES WHICH WERE SUBJECT TO MORE COMPLAINTS WERE NT ROUTES 60K (SHA TIN KCR STATION FO TAN COTTAGE AREA) 61M (TAI WAI - KOWLOON TONG MTR STATION) AND 88M (KWAI FONG MTR STATION - TSING YI ROAD). THESE THREE MAXICAB ROUTES ATTRACTED 19 OR NEARLY ONE-HALF OF ALL COMPLAINTS IN THIS CATEGORY.
FEWER COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WERE RECORDED - 289 CASES IN THE QUARTER AND 383 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. THERE WERE 123 CASES (43 PER CENT) ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION WHILE THE REMAINING CASES WERE MAINLY ABOUT TRAFFIC AIDS, PEDESTRIAN AND PARKING FACILITIES.
ALTOGETHER 168 COMPLAINTS ON ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS WERE REGISTERED, A DECREASE OF 26 CASES FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. MOST OF THESE CASES WERE ABOUT ILLEGAL PARKING (29 PER CENT) PLB OBSTRUCTION (23 PER CENT), LORRY OBSTRUCTION (8 PER CENT) AND TAXI OBSTRUCTION (8 PER CENT).
COMPLAINTS CONCERNING ABANDONED VEHICLES CONTINUED TO DECLINE. ONLY FOUR COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED AS OPPOSED TO 10 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND 21 IN THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MR PANG SAID.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT NANKING, SHANGHAI *****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY BE VISITING NANK ING, WHERE HE HAD LIVED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME+, BEFORE GOING TO SHANGHAI THIS SUMMER.
REPLYING TO REPORTERS' QUESTIONS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE +GOOD CITIZENS OF THE YEAR+ AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY, SIR EDWARD SAID: +1 HAVEN'T FIXED THE EXACT DATE ON WHICH I AM LEAVING, BUT I EXPECT I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO NANK ING FIRST AND THEN TO SHANGHAI,+
/SIR EDWARD