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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1978

STIFFER PENALTY FOR TRAVELLING ON TRAIN WITHOUT A TICKET

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FROM TUESDAY (JUNE 20) PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ON A TRAIN WITHOUT A TICKET WILL ŻE LIABLE TO PAY DOUBLE THE APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM FARE FOR THE ROUTE OVER WHICH THE TRAIN OPERATES.

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID IF THE PASSENGER CAN PROVE THAT HE HAS TRAVELLED A SHORTER DISTANCE, HE WILL BE LIABLE TO PAY DOUBLE THE APPROPRIATE FARE ONLY FROM THE PLACE TO WHERE HE HAS TRAVELLED.

+PASSENGERS OVERRIDING WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL FARE PLUS 100 PER CENT FOR THAT PORTION OF THE JOURNEY FOR WHICH THEY DO NOT HOLD A TICKET, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELLING IN A HIGHER CLASS THAN THAT FOR WHICH THEY HAVE PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE CHARGED THE DIFFERENCE

IN FARES PLUS 100 PER CENT, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT A MONTHLY TICKET HOLDER TRAVELLING IN A HIGHER CLASS THAN THAT FOR WHICH HIS TICKET IS AVAILABLE WILL BE REGARDED AS HOLDING AN ORDINARY SINGLE TICKET FOR THE CLASS INDICATED IN HIS MONTHLY TICKET.

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