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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994
HYF PROMOTES HOLIDAY FERRY SERVICES * * * * *
THE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY (HYF) IS TO STEP UP PUBLICITY STAR TO PROMOTE ITS FERRY SERVICES TO MUI WO AND CHEUNG CHAU FROM THE FERRY PIER IN TSIM SHA TSUI ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI-YIN.
THE PUBLICITY, MR BARMA SAID, INCLUDES PUTTING UP ATTRACTIVE AT PIERS AND POSTERS
VESSELS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF SERVICE SCHEDULES, LOCATION AND OPERATING HOURS OF THE TICKET COUNTER AND ENQUIRY TELEPHONE NUMBER.
CONCERNS OWING TO POLICE
THE
BASEMENT
ON CROWD CONTROL, TICKETS ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY FROM A TICKET BOOTH LOCATED AT THE OF STAR HOUSE, WHICH IS NOT TOO CONVENIENT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
NO TSUI
HAVING REVIEWED THE SITUATION, THE POLICE
SEE NOW
ΤΟ OBJECTION
SHA THE SETTING UP OF A TICKET BOOTH AT THE TSIM FERRY PIER ON A THREE-MONTH TRIAL.
HYF
IS NOW CONSULTING STAR FERRY AND THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE LATTER'S AGREEMENT,
PROVIDED
FIGURE ON VIETNAMESE RETURNING HOME * * * *
3,747
VIETNAMESE
IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, MIGRANTS RETURNED HOME UNDER THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE OVER THE 7,909 WHO RETURNED THIS VIETNAM IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993.
TO
SECURITY,
MR
IN A
THE FIGURE WAS RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY FOR
ASPREY, ALISTAIR
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW.
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"THE REMEDY TO THE CURRENT SITUATION LIES IN PROMOTING THE
REPATRIATION VOLUNTARY
PROGRAMME,
THAT MR ASPREY SAID, ADDING
THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) TOOK THE LEAD IN THIS AREA.
PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS OF UNHCR INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELLING, THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND INFORMATION
VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITIONS AND BULLETINS,
OTHER PRINTED INFORMATION ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS IN THE DETENTION CENTRES.
IS
THE GOVERNMENT
ALSO EXPLORING WITH UNHCR ON HOW THE INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY RETURN COULD BE IMPROVED, AS SUGGESTED IN THE REPORT OF THE WHITEHEAD INQUIRY.
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