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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1982

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FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CLIENT HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSPORT OR *TER SUPPLY, THE STAFF WOULD TAKE IT UP WITH THE AUTHORITIES "ONCERNED.

+ IN THIS RESPECT, AN IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE IS THAT, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, COMPLAINTS RECEIVED THROUGH OUR PEC'S CAN BE REFERRED TO, AND INDEED ARE PURSUED BY, DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT BOARDS,+

TURNING TO ANOTHER POPULAR SERVICE, MR BARMA SAID THERE MERE STAFF AT ALL OFFICES WHO WERE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATH AND *HO COULD ADMINISTER STATUTORY DECLARATIONS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.

THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME AND THE FREE LEGAL AID SCHEME WERE ALSO LINKED TO THE PEC'S, HE SAID.

+APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE AT PEC'S AND OUR COUNTER STAFF PROVIDE BACK-UP ASSISTANCE TO SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS DURING EVENING SESSIONS AT SOME OF OUR MAIN OFF ICES.+

FIFTY PER CENT MORE ON TRAINS ***

FIFTY PER CENT MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING BY TRAIN SINCE THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY'S STAGE I ELECTRIFIED INNER SUBURBAN SERVICE EARLY LAST MONTH.

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 60 000 PASSENGERS USED THE TRAINS EACH DAY LAST MONTH, COMPARED WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF 40 000 IN APRIL AND 36 000 IN MARCH,

ON SUNDAYS, ABOUT 100 000 PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN USING THE TRAINS.

THE SPOKESMAN DESCRIBED THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC AS 'VERY ENCOURAGING'.

+WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE INCREASE IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE ELECTRIFIED SERVICE AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE NUMBER WILL STEADILY INCREASE FURTHER WHEN PEOPLE ARE MORE ACCUSTOMED TO THE NEW SYSTEM, HE SAID.

THE KCR EXPECTS A DAILY AVERAGE OF 150 000 PASSENGERS WITH THE FULL ELECTRIFICATION OF SERVICES FROM HUNG HOM TO LO WU NEXT SUMMER.

BY THE MID-1980'S, IT EXPECTS SOME 250 000 PASSENGERS A DAY AND ABOUT 500 000 A DAY BY 1990.