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+AT THE SAME TIME, THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMS THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THE ALLEGED VICTIM IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
+AFTER THIS PRELIMINARY INQUIRY, THE CASE IS THEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE FOR INVESTIGATION, AND CONCURRENTLY, TO SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
+ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF AN INSTITUTION INVOLVED IN A CASE OF ABUSE IS INTERDICTED DURING THE POLICE INVESTIGATION AND, WHERE NECESSARY, DURING JUDICIARY PROCEEDINGS.
+WHETHER OR NOT THE INCIDENT LEADS TO A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION IS TAKEN,+ MR BRIDGE SAID.
INCREASE IN ISLAND LINE PATRONAGE EXPECTED
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THE MAXIMUM ONE DIRECTION LOADING IN THE PEAK HOUR ON THE ISLAND LINE WAS SOME 25 000 PASSENGERS AT PRESENT, WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE COMPARABLE FIGURE ON THE TSUEN WAN LINE AND 44 PER CENT OF THAT ON THE KWUN TONG LINE. THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT OF THE NEARLY 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE CURRENTLY US ING THE MTR SYSTEM DAILY, SOME 448 000 OR 28 PER CENT USED AN ISLAND LINE STATION (EXCLUDING CENTRAL AND ADMIRALTY) FOR AT LEAST ONE END OF THEIR JOURNEY.
HE SAID THAT IT WAS TRUE THAT CURRENTLY THE ISLAND LINE WAS LESS WELL UTILISED THAN EITHER THE KWUN TONG OR TSUEN WAN LINES.
+HOWEVER, IT MUST BE RECOGNISED THAT THE FULL ISLAND LINE HAS ONLY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR SOME NINE MONTHS AND THE GROWTH SINCE THE OPENING OF THE INITIAL SECTION BETWEEN ADMIRALTY AND WAN CHAI IN MAY 1985 HAS BEEN QUITE ENCOURAGING THE CURRENT INTRA-ISLAND PATRONAGE BEING SOME 50 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT ATTRACTED LAST YEAR.
THE ISLAND LINE STATIONS HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE LONG TERM", MR LEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT THE CORPORATION WOULD BE CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL PATRONAGE TO THE ISLAND LINE THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SERVICE AND THROUGH PROMOTIONS.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE A NATURAL INCREASE IN DEMAND ONCE THE MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS NEAR ISLAND LINE STATIONS ARE COMPLETED, + HE SAID.
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