WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
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TICKET VENDING MACHINES CAN ACCEPT NEW COINS
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(LRT) COINS.
AMONG THE 361 TICKET VENDING MACHINES ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, 215 WERE MODIFIED BY MARCH THIS YEAR
TO ACCEPT NEW
MR TRANSPORT,
HAIDER
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR BARMA, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FOR
THE RAILWAY
146 MACHINES, MR BARMA REMAINING
HAD NOW (KCRC) CANTON
CORPORATION MODIFIED MECHANISM TO ACCEPT NEW COINS.
SAID
THE KOWLOON- ΤΟ MANAGED
DEVELOP A
ΤΟ SUBJECT AND
SATISFACTORY
THIS WAS BEING FIELD-TESTED RESULTS, ALL THE MACHINES WOULD BE ADJUSTED BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
"MEANWHILE, TO MINIMISE THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO PASSENGERS, THE CORPORATION HAS HAD SOME SUCCESS IN PERSUADING MORE COMMUTERS TRAVEL ON MULTI-RIDE PASSES,
"ACCORDING TO KCRC, THE NUMBER OF LRT PASSENGERS USING RIDE PASSES HAS INCREASED FROM 49 PER CENT IN APRIL 1993 TO CENT IN NOVEMBER 1993, MR BARMA SAID.
TO
MULTI-
57 PER
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31 VENUES AVAILABLE FOR PLAYING GATEBALL
THE
GATEBALL IN HONG THERE ARE 31 VENUES AVAILABLE FOR PLAYING KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN
SHA TIN, THESE INCLUDE ONE DESIGNATED GATEBALL COURT EACH IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN; AND 15 GRASS PITCHES WITHIN SPORTS GROUNDS THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA AND 13 IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
MR
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG,
GATEBALL COURTS WERE SO POINTED OUT THAT ANOTHER 19 PURPOSE-BUILT EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING CONVERTING A SITE IN THE KWONG FUK ESTATE IN TAI PO INTO ITS FIRST GATEBALL COURT.
RESIDENTS
IF
ESTATES,
MORE GATEBALL COURTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER SUITABLE SITES CAN BE IDENTIFIED WITHIN PUBLIC HOUSING MR SO ADDED.
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