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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1987
TAKEN
BCS REGULATIONS FORBID THE AWARD TROPHY FROM BEING OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM 30 IT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON FOR ONE YEAR. INSTEAD, THE UNIT WAS PRESENTED WITH A SILVER MEDAL FOR THE BCS DESIGN AWARD AS WELL AS A JOHN BARTHOLOMEW CERTIFICATE IN THE AWARDS CEREMONY HELD AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY RECENTLY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
BOTH THE BRITISH CARTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY MEDAL AND THE JOHN
AS BARTHOLOMEW CERTIFICATE, AS WELL
THE WINNING ENTRIES, WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE (5/F MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD) FOR MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AT 3 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 10). STAFF WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE PRESENT TO MEET THE MEDIA TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN THEIR WORK.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER COVER THE EVENT.
CMB STRIVES TO PROVIDE CHEAP AND EFFICIENT SERVICE
TO
THE CHINA MOTOR BUS THE ORDER OF 20 NEW THRFE-AXLE BUSES BY
OLD ONES CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES COMPANY (CMB) TO REPLACE SOME OF ITS
ITS TO IMPROVE
SERVICE TO COMMITMENT
THE CMB'S COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES SO, SAID TODAY
PUBLIC,
(SUNDAY).
THE
INTRODUCE CMB'S NEW THREE-AXLE OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY TO
FROM CMB'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BUSES, MR SO SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD
MORE NEW BUSES то PROGRAMME THAT THE COMPANY HAS PLANS TO PURCHASE GRADUALLY REPLACE ITS EXISTING AGEING FLEET.
CONGRATULATE CMB FOR 1TS "THIS, INDEED, IS GOOD NEWS AND I
CHEAP RELATIVELY
AND
PUBLIC EFFICIENT CONTRIBUTION IN PROVIDING A
WI1.1. CONTINUE TRANSPORT SERVICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND HOPE THAT IT TO STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF ITS SERVICE IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.
ON THE
THREE-AXLE NEW
MR SO SAID THEY ARE METROBUSES,
JUMBO CLASS, AND ARE CAPABLE OF 12-METRES LONG AND BELONG TO THE
$1 MILLION CARRYING 168 PASSENGERS EACH. THESE NEW BUSES COST NEARLY
FEATURES IN EACH AND INCORPORATE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY DOUBLE-DECK BUSES.
AND COMFORT
"BY EARLY