WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990
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COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT MEETS URBAN TAXI GROUPS
THE
COMMISSIONER
FOR
(WEDNESDAY) MET FOUR SEPARATE
GORDON TRANSPORT, MR
GROUPS REPRESENTATIVE
SIU,
TODAY
OF OWNERS AND FOR DRIVERS OF THE TAXI TRADE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS OVER THE APPLICATIONS URBAN TAXI FARE RISE.
THE TRANSPORT THIS FOLLOWED A MEETING OF
ADVISORY COMMITTEE A FARE YESTERDAY WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT
REVISION FOR URBAN TAXIS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
IN A LETTER TO THE TAXI ASSOCIATIONS AFTER TODAY'S MEETINGS, MR SIU SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD FULLY NOTED THE CONCERN OF THE TRADE.
INCREASE
THE
COMMITTEE "THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY
HAS FULLY CONSIDERED INTO APPLICATIONS TAKING
ALL FACTORS ACCOUNT TAXI FARE AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE TRADE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO FOR HIRING A MAKE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL FARE ITEMS TAXI WILL BE PUT
FOR ΤΟ UP SHORTLY
COUNCIL EXECUTIVE
CONSIDERATION.
THE
"ORIGINALLY
THE DEPARTMENT
HAD
то PLANNED
COMPLETE THE
ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATIONS BY THE END OF MAY,
HE SAID.
THE TRADE AS A HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO REPRESENTATIONS FROM
WHICH HAS CAUSED ADVERSE RESULT OF THE RECENT INCREASE IN FUEL TAX
OF ΤΑΧΙ DRIVERS, THE IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION
DEPARTMENT APPLICATION AND HAS SUCCEEDED IN EXPEDITED THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ADVANCING THE PROCESSING DATE BY EIGHT WEEKS, MR SIU ADDED.
HEAD OF AFD'S FISHERIES BRANCH RETIRES
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AND STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) TODAY
TO THE (WEDNESDAY) BADE FAREWELL
ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT'S
DIRECTOR WEEK AFTER 23 (FISHERIES), DR CHRISTOPHER LEE, WHO IS RETIRING NEXT YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
DR LEE JOINED THE AFD IN 1966 AS AN ASSISTANT RESEARCH OFFICER.
AND TO ASSISTANT HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER IN 1980 DIRECTOR IN 1986.
SPEAKING AT THE FAREWELL PARTY HELD AT THE
PAID
ΤΟ TRIBUTE THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HONG
THIS
AFTERNOON, THE DIRECTOR
CONTRIBUTIONS
ΤΟ
INDUSTRY OVER THE YEARS.
AFD HEADQUARTERS
DR
LEE'S
USEFUL KONG'S FISHERIES
/"THROUGHOUT HIS