"The Government has decided to move the holidays to celebrate the Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen from the second Saturday and the following Monday to the fourth Saturday and the following Monday in June to facilitate community participation in the events surrounding the transition," a government spokesman said today (Tuesday).
An order announcing the change of date will be published in the Gazette.
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Fewer transport complaints in first quarter of 1996
The following is issued on behalf of the Transport Advisory Committee:
The number of complaints and suggestions received by the Transport Complaints Unit (TCU) of the Transport Advisory Committee for the period between January 1 and March 31 dropped by 6.1 per cent to 3,338 as compared with 3,556 in the previous quarter.
During the period, the major areas of complaint were related to public transport (74 per cent), road traffic conditions (12 per cent) and enforcement (10 per cent).
The number of complaints about public transport decreased by 5.9 per cent from 2,629 in the previous quarter to 2,474.
This was mainly due to decreases in complaints against taxi driver malpractices (down from 1,378 to 1,285), China Motor Bus (down from 255 to 171) and Citybus (down from 135 to 95).
However, complaints about Kowloon Motor Bus increased by 15.9 per cent from 277 to 321. There were also more complaints against rail services (up from 40 to 72), ferry services (up from 41 to 62) and green minibuses (up from 222 to 239).
Complaints about traffic congestion dropped by 25.2 per cent to 178 from 238. Complaints about road conditions also dropped by 2.8 per cent to 69 from 71.