WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1991
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TAXI FUEL SUPPLEMENT TO BE WITHDRAWN
THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE TEMPORARY $1 FUEL SUPPLEMENT CHARGED BY THE TERRITORY'S TAXIS FROM JUNE 2.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE DECISION WAS TAKEN FOLLOWING THE RECENT DOWNWARD REVISION OF THE PRICE OF DIESEL FUEL FROM $5.44 IN MARCH TO $4.84 EARLY THIS MONTH.
HE STRESSED THAT THE EXTRA CHARGE OF $1 PER HIRING WAS A TEMPORARY MEASURE AIMED AT RELIEVING THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF HIGH FUEL PRICES FOLLOWING THE GULF CRISIS.
"WITH THE END OF THE GULF
WAR. THE FUTURE MOVEMENT OF PRICES IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE AND IT IS THEREFORE THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE TEMPORARY FUEL SUPPLEMENT SHOULD REMOVED, HE SAID.
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96 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM
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A GROUP OF 96 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY
(WEDNESDAY) RETURNED
TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 33 MEN, 31 WOMEN, 18 BOYS AND 14 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 54TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 7,066 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.
YLDB REPRESENTATIVE TO RC ELECTED
THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING ELECTED MR LAI KWOK-IU AS ITS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
HE WAS THE ONLY NOMINEE IN THE ELECTION.
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