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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1981

FOR TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OR ON SECONDMENT AND ATTACHMENT, COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED BY 5 PM ON MARCH 26 TO THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (SERVICING UNIT), SCHOOLS DIVISION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS.

COMPLETED FORMS FROM AIDED SCHOOL TEACHERS SHOULD BE RETURNED BY THE SAME TIME TO THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (FURTHER EDUCATION), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

SELECTION OF APPLICANTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION JOINT SELECTION BOARD.

PLB MAXICABS PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLE

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PUBLIC LIGHT BUS MAXICABS ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG AND ARE PROVING AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SUPPLEMENTING EXISTING BUS SERVICES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER MILLER, AT A RECENT MEETING WITH PLB MAXICAB OPERATORS AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

THE NEWLY CONSTITUTED PLB MAXICAB OPERATORS CONFERENCE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A BASIS OF REGULAR LIAISON BETWEEN MAXICAB OPERATORS AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS GENERAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE TRADE- TO REVIEW MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST TO IDENTIFY AND CONSIDER EXISTING AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE MAXICAB SERVICE AND TO SUGGEST MEASURES TO REMOVE OR ALLEVIATE SUCH PROBLEMS.

MR MILLER SAID THERE WERE AT PRESENT MORE THAN 20 OPERATORS RUNNING SOME 350 VEHICLES ON 53 FRANCHISED MAXICAB ROUTES. THEY CARRY ABOUT 112 000 PASSENGERS DAILY.

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, HOPES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MAXICABS TO 500 THIS YEAR WITH A DAILY CAPACITY OF 150 000 PASSENGERS,

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