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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992
FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS ARE ALLOWED TO CHANGE EMPLOYMENT ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY TREATED OR WHEN AN EMPLOYER IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONTRACT BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, EMIGRATION, TRANSFER ABROAD OR DEATH.
"THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF BACH CASE то SEE WHETHER THERE ARE STRONG HUMANITARIAN OR COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS TO JUSTIFY EXCEPTIONAL TREATMENT, HE SAID.
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DEMAND FOR AIRPORT BUS SERVICE UNDER REVIEW
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP THE DEMAND FOR AN AIRPORT BUS SERVICE UNDER REVIEW, TAKING FULL ACCOUNT OF GROWING HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG SAID AN AIRPORT BUS SERVICE (AIRBUS ROUTE A4) FOR MONG KOK WAS INTRODUCED BY KMB IN JANUARY 1990. THE SERVICE WAS LATER EXTENDED TO THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL.
LOSS,
HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE LOW UTILISATION AND SUSTAINED FINANCIAL THE SERVICE WAS CANCELLED IN MAY LAST YEAR FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE YAU-TSIM DISTRICT BOARD.
DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THIS YEAR, KMB TESTED A NEW SERVICE (AIRBUS ROUTE A8) FROM KAI TAK TO THE MTR PRINCE EDWARD STATION. ONLY 15% OF THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY WAS TAKEN UP.
AS 10 OF THE 11 HOTELS IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI OWN TRANSPORT SERVICES TO KAI TAK, MR LEUNG SAID THERE WAS NO PLANS AT THIS STAGE TO INVITE INTERESTED PARTIES то AIRPORT BUS SERVICE FOR WEST KOWLOON.
HAD THEIR THEREFORE
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