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COBRADUAY, JULY 2, 1.86
+ THE DIFFICULTY PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE IN A
SHTING FROM MTR TRAINS DURING RUSH HOURS STEMS PARTLY FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM CARRYING A LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS IN EACH CAR AND PARTLY FROM CAR EXITS BEING BLOCKED BY PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO GET ON BOARD, + HE SAID.
+THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS PURSUED VARIOUS MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION,+ HE ADDED.
THE CORPORATION HAD CARRIED OUT, FROM TIME TO TIME, PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE COURTEOUS BEHAVIOUR THROUGH TELEVISION AND PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, POSTERS AND NOTICES.
+AT ALL BUSY STATIONS DURING PEAK HOURS, ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE BY STATION STAFF TO REMIND PASSENGERS WAITING ON PLATFORMS TO ALLOW THOSE ON BOARD INCOMING TRAINS TO ALIGHT BEFORE GETTING ON THEMSELVES.
+PASSENGERS ON TRAINS BETWEEN STATIONS ARE ADVISED OVER THE INTERNAL SPEAKER SYSTEM WHAT THE NAME OF THE NEXT STATION IS SO THAT THEY MAY POSITION THEMSELVES NEAR A DOOR IF THEY SHOULD WISH TO ALIGHT.+
MR GREWAL SAID THE CORPORATION WOULD CONTINUE WITH THESE VARIOUS MEASURES AND OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
+BUT PASSENGERS THEMSELVES CAN HELP EASE THE SITUATION BY EXERCISING A LITTLE COURTESY AND ALLOWING THOSE WISHING TO ALIGHT TO DISEMBARK FIRST, HE ADDED.
REMOVAL OF MAINTENANCE LIMITS UNDER STUDY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO THE SEPARATION AND MAINTENANCE ORDERS AND THE AFFILIATION PROCEEDINGS ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE FINANCIAL LIMITS ON THE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS GRANTED UNDER THEM.
THIS WAS SAID BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+THE. WHOLE MATTER IS DUE TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH, WHEN THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE LIMITS WILL BE CANVASSED FULLY, MR THOMAS SAID.
/IN EXPLAINING