SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1989
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SURVEY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE IN NORTHEAST NT
CONSULTANCY TO
MVA THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMMISSIONED SURVEY USAGE OF VARIOUS PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES, INCLUDING KMB BUSES, AND RESIDENTIAL RAILWAYS, RED PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND GREEN MINIBUSES COACHES, IN THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES.
PART THE SURVEY FORMS
OF A STUDY AIMED AT REVIEWING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT RATIONALISING THE
NETWORK IN THE NORTHEAST NEW
TERRITORIES.
QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND BE COLLECTED AS THEY ALIGHT DURING THE THREE-MONTH SURVEY COMMENCING ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 18).
INTERVIEWS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED ON BOARD OR AT STOPS,
TERMINI OR STATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT URGED COMMUTERS ΤΟ CO-OPERATE AND PROVIDE THE TRAVEL INFORMATION REQUESTED, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
HE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT
INFORMATION PROVIDED KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL ONLY BE USED FOR THE STUDY.
ALL
WILL
BE
CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR HANDICAPPED IN SWD CENTRES
WONG,
TODAY
HELF
HANDICAPPED
SOCIAL THE DIRECTOR OF
WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH (SUNDAY) CALLED ON PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO PEOPLE INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
OF
THE SOCIAL CHILDREN'S
SHE MADE THE APPEAL AT A JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REHABILITATION CENTRE AND THE KAI CHI CENTRE.
FOR MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT SERVICES
THE HANDICAPPED WERE BUILD UP CONFIDENCE AND PROVIDED WITH AN AIM TO HELP THEM
DEVELOP
THEIR OWN POTENTIALS.
"TO ACHIEVE THE AIM, SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IS NEEDED, SHE SAID.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
CENTRES AND THEIR FAMILIES,
PRINCIPALS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND STAFF OF DEPARTMENT.
WAS ATTENDED BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF
RESIDENTS OF THE TWO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,
WELFARE THE SOCIAL
/ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
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