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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1977

KOWLOON'S ALL-NIGHT BUS SERVICE CANCELLED

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KOWLOON'S ALL-NIGHT BUS SERVICE HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LACK OF PASSENGERS.

THE LAST SUCH SERVICE WAS OPERATED EARLY THIS MORNING.

KMB ROUTE NO. 2B WAS INTRODUCED ON DECEMBER 17 ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS FOR THREE MONTHS OPERATING BETWEEN JORDAN ROAD FERRY AND KOWLOON CITY FERRY VIA TSIM SHA TSUI, HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN EVERY 15 MINUTES BETWEEN 12.45 A.M. AND 5.15 A.M. AT A 50-CENT FARE.

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ON AVERAGE, THE SERVICE CARRIED ONLY 100 PASSENGERS PER NIGHT OR SIX PER JOURNEY,

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS HOPED THAT THE SERVICE WOULD CATER FOR NIGHT WORKERS IN THE BUSY RESTAURANT AREAS OF NATHAN ROAD AND MA TAU WAI ROAD.

→APPARENTLY THE SERVICE HAS NOT PROVED POPULAR SO WE HAVE NOW DECIDED TO CANCEL THE SERVICE,+ HE ADDED.

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY *****

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A LABOUR FORCE SURVEY DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF NEXT MONTH.

THE AIM OF THE SURVEY IS TO UPDATE INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION COLLECTED FROM BY-CENSUS CONDUCTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.

THE SURVEY WILL BE TAKEN ON A SAMPLE BASIS COVERING ABOUT 16,000 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. PRIOR TO THE FIELD ENUMERATION, AN OFFICIAL LETTER, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, WILL BE SENT TO THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY.

ENUMERATORS WILL VISIT THESE HOUSEHOLDS BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND 14. EACH ENUMERATOR WILL BEAR AN OFFICIAL IDENTITY CARD WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON IT FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.

QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED IN THE SURVEY INCLUDE AGE AND SEX OF INDIVIDUALS, THEIR EMPLOYMENT CHARACTER ISTICS, OCCUPATION AND EARNINGS, HOURS OF WORK AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE KEPT IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.

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