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NOTE TO EDITORS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1978

GOVERNOR TO INAUGURATE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 27) AT 10.30 A.M.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY. OFFICIAL TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE USE OF THE TRANSPORT FACILITY PROVIDED AS ONLY VEHICLES WITH SPECIAL PASSES OR PARKING LABELS WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH, THE BARRIER.

THEY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE OPEN CARPARK QUTSIDE THE RECEPTION OFFICE OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, NOT LATER THAN 8.25 A.M. THREE VANS, NOS. AM2110, AM2065 AND AM2081, WILL LEAVE AT 8.30 A.M. SHARP.

OFFICERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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FIRST MAXICAB FRANCHISE

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THE OPERATOR OF MAXICAB ROUTES 1, 2 AND 3 WILL BE AWARDED A THREE-YEAR FRANCHISE BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE FROM DECEMBER 1.

THE OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE FRANCHISE, THE FIRST TO BE AWARDED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO A MAXICAB OPERATOR, WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 01 KWAN ROAD AT 2.45 P.M. TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR. JOHN SHEARMAN, CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, AND MR. YUEN CHIU WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF SUPER PEAK P.L.B. COMPANY, OPERATOR OF MAXICAB ROUTES 1, 2 AND 3.

THE COMPANY IS OPERATING THE THREE ROUTES ON AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO OPERATE+ BASIS, AND THE FRANCHISE IS BEING AWARDED TO ALLOW THE COMPANY TO OPERATE ON A MORE FORMALLY LEGAL BASIS.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON WHY A FRANCHISE WAS NOT AWARDED EARLIER WAS BECAUSE THE MAXICAB ROUTES IN QUESTION WERE BEING RUN ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS.

+THE FRANCHISE IS TO MAKE THESE ROUTES PERMANENT IN THE LEGAL SENSE, HE SAID.

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