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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1982

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BOARD MEMBERS TO STUDY YAU MA TEI PROBLEMS

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MEMBERS OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD WILL TOUR YAU MA TE! AND TSIM SHA TSUI ON THURSDAY (MARCH 11) TO STUDY PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THEIR DISTRICT,

THEY WILL ALSO OBSERVE THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN SOLVING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS.

THEY WILL VISIT THE FERRY POINT COMPLEX, THE CANTON ROAD JADE MARKET, THE SHEK LUNG STREET FRUIT MARKET AND CERTAIN PAVEMENTS AND BACK LANES OCCUPIED BY ILLEGAL STRUCTURES.

THEY WILL ALSO LOOK OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AND EXAMINE THE PARKING PROBLEM IN THE AREA.

THE MEMBERS WILL THEN TRAVEL ALONG AUSTIN ROAD TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS A TOPIC WHICH THEY DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD'S RECENT INAUGURAL MEETING.

THE TOUR WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 AM AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS.

NOTE TO EDITORS1

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE TOUR OF YAU MA TEI AND TS IN SHA TSUI BY MEMBERS OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD ON THURSDAY (MARCH 11). TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO USE THE TRANSPORT SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AT 393 CANTON ROAD BY 9.30 AM.

AIR SERVICE TALKS

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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR N. LATHAM, IS REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT THE THREE-DAY AIR SERVICE TALKS BEING HELD IN BONN BETWEEN THE UNITED KONGDOM AND FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CAD SAID TODAY.

IT IS HOPED THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE DISCUSSIONS, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE 3747 FREIGHT SERVICES FROM HONG KONG TO FRANKFURT FROM APRIL THIS YEAR AND B747 PASSENGER SERVICES FROM SPRING IN 1983.

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