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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1976

PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM FOR KCR COACHES

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STARTING ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 6) TRAIN PASSENGERS WILL BENEFIT FURTHER FROM YET ANOTHER JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE -- THE INTRODUCTION OF A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM ON ALL COACHES OF THE KCR.

THE SYSTEM WILL ENABLE THE GUARD FROM HIS COMPARTMENT TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL PASSENGERS, KEEPING THEM INFORMED OF WHAT THEY SHOULD KNOW.

THIS INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE NEXT STATION, THE AVAILABILITY OF REFRESHMENTS, AIR-CONDITIONED COACHES, SPACE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TRAIN AND, IN THE EVENT OF DELAY, ITS NATURE AND ESTIMATED DURATION AS WELL AS THE SAFETY RULES WHICH PASSENGERS SHOULD CBSERVE.

THE GENERAL MANAGER OF KCR, MR. REGINALD GREGORY, POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST SOME PASSENGERS WERE INJURED BY SITTING OR STANDING ON THE STEPS OR IN THE DOORWAYS OF MOVING TRAINS.

AN APPROPRIATE ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, HE SAID, COULD NOW QUICKLY WARN THE PASSENGERS TO STAY AWAY FROM CERTA IN PARTS OF THE TRAIN WHEN IT WAS IN MOTION.

APART FROM INFORMATION, MUSIC, ADVERTISEMENTS AND GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

+EVERY CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL OF SOUND IS AS UNOBSTRUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.

THE PROJECT IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN KOR, GUSTO ADVERTISING LIMITED AND REDIFFUSION (H.K.) LTD.

MR. GREGORY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE PASSENGERS WOULD, AS IN THE CASE OF THE HUNG HOM TERMINUS, FIND THE NEW FACILITY USEFUL.

POLICE REPORTING CENTRES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD TEN POLICE REPORTING CENTRES IN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO ENABLE THE POLICE TO INCREASE THE IR SERVICES TO THE AREAS.

TENDERS FOR THE ADDITIONAL CENTRES ARE NOW BEING INVITED AND WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH.

MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THE CENTRES WOULD BE READY IN MID-FEBRUARY AND WOULD ENABLE THE PUBLIC MORE EASILY TO REPORT CRIME AND OTHER INCIDENTS IN THE AREAS.

THE CENTRES, HE SAID, WOULD BE EUILT ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF LAI TAK, SO UK, UPPER NGAŬ TAU KOK, YAU TONG, SHEK PAI WAN, LAI KING, LAÍ ÝIU, KWAI HING, <WAISHING AND LEI MUK SHLE ÉSTATES.

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