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Answer:
Mr President,
It has always been Government's concern that the seating and other arrangements inside public light buses (PLBs) should be designed to enhance the safety of passengers. For example, one of the requirements is that all 16-seat light buses must be fitted with a handrail between the door and the single passenger seat immediately behind the door.
The installation of a handrail behind the driver's seat is not a prescribed requirement at present. In practice, however, many red and green minibuses already have these fitted and, indeed, this has been a standard feature in all new minibuses registered over the past 4 years.
Transport Department, in consultation with the PLB operators, will consider making the provision of such handrails a mandatory requirement.
End/Wednesday, February 22, 1995
Pilot programme to help unemployed local workers aged over 30
Following is a question by the Hon Frederick Fung Kin-kee and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
With regard to the Employees Retraining Scheme, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
of the annual breakdown of the number of participants in each of the courses under the scheme since its implementation:
of the number of retrainees who have been able to find course-related jobs upon completion of their retraining programmes, and the annual breakdown of retrained workers in each course who have been able to find course-related jobs within six months after retraining; and