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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978

LADY MACLEHOSE TO VISIT

REHABILITATION AND CHILDREN'S CENTRES

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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL VISIT THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE AND THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT WELFARE ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG, TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.

LADY MACLEHOSE WILL BE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE- THE HEAD OF S.W.D.'S REHABILITATION DIVISION, MRS. ROSE GOODSTADT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE, MRS. JUDITH MA- AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE, MISS OPHELIA CHAN.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER LADY MACLEHOSE'S VISIT WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT NINE- SEATER VAN, AM2065, WILL LEAVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES' CARPARK AT 2 P.M. SHARP.

KCR TRAFFIC DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CARRIED 143,063 PEOPLE TO LOWU IN THE 12 DAYS COVERING THE PERIOD OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR -- AN INCREASE OF TEN PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND 21 PER CENT OVER 1976.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING TO LOWU ON FEBRUARY 5 WAS 24,326, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST FIGURE RECORDED BY KCR ON SUCH AN OCCASION.

IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF TRAINS RUN WAS INCREASED FROM 44 IN THE NORMAL TIMETABLE TO 54 ON THE BUSIEST DAY.

DURING THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, KCR SOLD 279,100 TICKETS AGAIN A RECORD FIGURE.

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