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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1974.

THE HIGHEST ORDINARY FARE THAT COULD BE CHARGED FOR A JOURNEY WITHIN KOWLOON WOULD ALSO BE 60 CENTS WITHIN NEW KOWLOON, $1- AND WITHIN THE NEW TERRITORIES, $1.50. FOR A JOURNEY WHICH COVERS MORE THAN ONE ZONE, THE MAXIMUM ORDINARY FARE WOULD BE THE HIGHEST FARE OF THE ZONES COVERED, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A JOURNEY ORIGINATING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TERMINATING IN KOWLOON OR NEW KOWLOON, OR VICE VERSA, WHERE THE HIGHEST ORDINARY FARE WOULD BY $2.

ANY JOURNEY THROUGH THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL WOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM ORDINARY FARE OF $2.

MAXIMUM SPECIAL FARES COULD BE CHARGED DURING SPECIFIED PERIODS, SUCH AS FROM 1 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND

FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M., ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND DURING TYPHOONS. THESE WOULD ALLOW FOR A SPECIAL FARE UP TO TWICE, BUT NOT EXCEEDING, THE MAXIMUM ORDINARY FARE TO BE CHARGED.

YOUTH AND THE DRUG TIDE *****

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE (EASTERN) WILL HOLD A YOUTH FORUM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FROM 2.30 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M. THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE C.Y.OS IN SUPPORT OF THE KEEP HONG KONG DRUG FREE+ CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

THE FORUM WILL BE HELD AT THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, ROOM 707, CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING. ABOUT 80 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS REPRESENTING ISLAMIC COLLEGE, GRAMMAR COLLEGE, LEE CHING DEA MEMORIAL COLLEGE, CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL AND QUEEN'S COLLEGE WILL TAKE PART.

THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN), MR. STEPHEN HO YUM-SUEN, WILL MAKE THE OPENING REMARKS.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM S.A.R.D.A. WILL GIVE TALKS ON

*THE REASONS FOR DRUG-TAKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON YOUNG PEOPLE+. AN EX-ADDICT WILL ALSO PRESENT A VIVID PICTURE OF HIS TENIFYING EXPERIENCE IN TAKING DRUGS AND HOW THIS DESTROYED HIS SOCIAL LIFE AND FUTURE. GROUP DISCUSSIONS WILL FOLLOW.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT PARTICIPANTS WILL TAKE THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUGS BACK TO THEIR FELLOW-STUDENTS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SAID MR. LAM, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER (EASTERN).

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