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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1988
FARE ON DEPARTMENT STUDENT RESIDES AND THE
THE ASSISTANCE WILL BE CALCULATED AS HALF THE AVERAGE MAJOR MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS DETERMINED BY TRANSPORT
THE SURVEYS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED.
THOSE WHO
ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS EXCEPT LIVE WITHIN A REASONABLE WALKING DISTANCE FROM THEIR PLACE OF STUDY.
GUIDELINES WILL BE ISSUED TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AUTHORITIES HELP THEM DETERMINE WHAT A REASONABLE WALKING DISTANCE 19.
ANNUALLY
ΤΟ
STUDENTS WILL APPLY
FOR TRAVEL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE STUDENT TRAVEL OFFICE WHICH THEIR PLACE OF STUDY TO
WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL NO LONGER NEED STUDENT TRAVEL CARD.
ΤΟ PAY $10 AS AT
PRESENT FOR A
THE EDUCATION
SCHOOL AND
PAYMENT BY AUTOPAY INTO IN SCHOOLS AND
AFTER THE APPLICATION FORMS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED, DEPARTMENT WILL ARRANGE FOR A LUMP SUM TO BE PAID TO EACH INSTITUTION WHICH WILL IN TURN ARRANGE FOR THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF PARENTS OF INSTITUTES AND POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.
STUDENTS INTO BANK ACCOUNTS OF COLLEGES, COLLEGES OF
INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION,
TECHNICAL
STUDENTS IN
AND TERTIARY
FRAUDULENT
THERE CLAIMS,
AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST RANDOM CHECK OF THE APPLICATIONS.
WILL BE A
THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SEEKING THE CO-OPERATION OF ALL AND INSTITUTIONS IN IMPLEMENTING THE NEW SCHEME.
SCHOOLS
OVER THE PUBLIC
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW SCHEME HAD DISTINCT ADVANTAGES THE EXISTING SCHEME WHICH HAD COME UNDER THE CRITICISM OF ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE.
IT WOULD RESTRICT ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATION-RELATED TRAVEL BUT AT THE SAME TIME GIVE STUDENTS MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF ASSISTANCE.
ONLY THE
THE TRAVEL
BE UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, THERE WILL
NO
ON RESTRICTIONS MODES OF TRANSPORT USED OR THE TIMES AT WHICH THE STUDENTS MAY USING THE ASSISTANCE.
THE STUDENT TRAVEL CARD UNDER THE EXISTING SCHEME,
IS NOT AS CROSS HARBOUR ACCEPTED ON SEVERAL TYPES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUCH
LIGHT BUS ROUTES, EXPRESS BUS ROUTES, RECREATIONAL BUS ROUTES, PUBLIC BUSES AND SECOND CLASS TRAVEL ON THE STAR FERRY.
MOREOVER, THE TRAVEL CARD CANNOT BE USED ON SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
SUNDAYS AND MOST
/THE NEW