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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1988
OTHER INTERNATIONALLY-RECOUVISED SCHOLARS WILL INCLUDE PROFESSOR JACK RICHARDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, U.S.A; DR ROGER BOWERS OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND DR WILLIAM LITTLEWOOD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SWANSEA.
ΤΟ ENCOURAGE TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REFUND PART OF THEIR REGISTRATION FEE.
REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN AND THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED MAY TELEPHONE THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAG? IN EDUCATION ON 3-7719418 FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR ENROL IN PERSON AT THE INSTITUTE ON 21ST FLOOR, ARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, 56 DUNDAS STREET, KOWLOON BEFORE THE END
THIS MONTH.
SAFF LOADING OF VEHICLES STRESSED
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THERE IS A NEED TO INSTILL PROPER AWARENESS IN THOSE WORKING IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY OF THE NEED TO LOAD THEIR VEHICLES CORRECTLY AND SAFELY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES So, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THIS WAS NECESSARY IN THE WAKE OF AN INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING GOODS VEHICLES AND IN THE NUMBER OF CASES OF OVERLOADING GOODS VEHICLES.
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SAFE LOADING OF VEHICLES EXHIBITION, MR SO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED AT THE IMPACT OF THE INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE FLEET AS THERE WAS A SERIOUS EFFECT ON ROAD SAFETY AND ON HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.
WITH THE RAPID AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT HONG KONG HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST DECADE, THE DEMAND ON GOODS VEHICLES HAS INCREASED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY," MR SO SAID.
"HONG KONG'S GOODS VEHICLE FLEET HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN LAST EVEN YEARS.
THE
IN 1951 WE HAD A GOODS VEHICLE FLEET OF AROUND 52,000. AT THE IND OF A TEMBER THIS YEAR, OUR TOTAL GOODS VEHICLE FLEET NUMBERS 102, me,
THE GROWTH HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC IN THE LAST TWO YEAL, WHEN THERE WAS A 35 PER CENT INCREASE."
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