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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989
COMPANY,
THE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY
IN ITS PLANNING PROGRAMME, HAS PROPOSED TWO NEW PASSENGER SERVICES: ONE BETWEEN WAN CHAI AND TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AND ANOTHER SERVICE BETWEEN TSING YI AND CENTRAL.
CENTRAL
THE
HOVERFERRY PASSENGER
HYF ALSO PLANS TO IMPROVE ITS TUEN MUN SERVICE, THE WAN CHAI HUNG HOM PASSENGER SERVICE AND SERVICES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND OUTLYING DISTRICTS.
SERVICE
MEANWHILE, HYF WOULD CONTINUE THE WEEKEND AND HOLIDAY BETWEEN KOWLOON POINT AND OUTLYING DISTRICTS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
IN VIEW OF THE LIKELY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE OPENING OF THE CROSS-HARBOUR ROAD LINK IN THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, FREQUENCY REDUCTIONS ARE PROPOSED TO RATIONALISE ITS VEHICULAR FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN SAI WAN HO AND KWUN TONG.
MEMBERS OF TAC NOTED THAT THE LONG-TERM POTENTIAL OF THE COMPANY'S PROPOSED NEW ROUTES AND ANY REQUIREMENT FOR FURTHER RATIONALISATION OF FERRY SERVICES WERE BEING CONSIDERED UNDER THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S CROSS HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT STUDY II, TO BE COMPLETED SOON.
TAC WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY.
SECOND
FC TO CONSIDER CREATION OF LAW TRANSLATION OFFICER GRADE
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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO CONSIDER THE CREATION OF A NEW GRADE OF LAW TRANSLATION OFFICER IN THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
ARISING FROM A RECOMMENDATION OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, THE PROPOSAL IS ΤΟ RECRUIT ONE SENIOR AND 18 LAW TRANSLATION OFFICERS TO REPLACE THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS NOW DEPLOYED IN THE DIVISION.
THE LAW TRANSLATION OFFICERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING AN AUTHENTIC CHINESE VERSION OF ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE LEGISLATION.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO APPROVE A CONTRIBUTION OF $1 MILLION TO THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES FOR ITS INITIAL VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
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