WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988
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TAI PO DB MEMBERS SEE HOW KCRC OPERATES
MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE THIS (WEDNESDAY} MORNING VISITED THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ITS OPERATIONS.
OF
ARRIVAL AT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS
LED BY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG, AND CHAIRMAN THE COMMITTEE, MR TANG PUI-TAT, THE PARTY WAS MET ON KOWLOON STATION IN HUNG HOM BY THE HEAVY RAIL MANAGER, MISS ROWENA HO.
THEY FIRST WENT TO THE CONTROL CENTRE IN THE
AT HOW TRAIN SERVICES WERE RUN.
STATION то LOOK
THE PARTY THEN BOARDED A SPECIAL TRAIN FOR THE CORPORATION'S HO TUNG LAU WORKSHOPS WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAINS BY THE STAFF.
TAKEN
THE MEMBERS THEN WENT TO THE RACECOURSE STATION AND WERE TO KCR HOUSE IN SHA TIN WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE HEAVY RAIL DIRECTOR, MR F.K. CHOW.
THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE CORPORATION MANAGEMENT AND WERE SHOWN
A SLIDE SHOW ON TRAIN SERVICES.
BOYS' HOME SPREADS HOME SAFETY MESSAGE
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THE
A GROUP OF TRAINEES FROM THE O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME OF SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A PROJECT ΤΟ BRING THE HOME SAFETY MESSAGE TO THE NEARBY CHEUNG HANG VILLAGE IN KAU WAH KENG.
SAID: "THIS
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOME, MR LAM HON-KWONG, 18 THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR BOYS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE DEPARTMENT'S 'OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH' SCHEME (OYS) UNDER WHICH SUBSIDIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATION FROM YOUTH GROUPS TO HELP THEM TO CARRY OUT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.
"WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WORTHY OF SUBSIDY AND THAT IT HAS BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY."
/THE GROUP'S