XN000022-1982-06-11 — Page 5

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 192

FERRY FARES

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TWO CRDERS WHICH SET OUT THE MAXIMUM FARES ALLOWED TO BE THARGED BY THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY AND THE +STAR+ FERRY COMPANY ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THESE ARE EXISTING FARES AND ARE GAZETTED BECAUSE THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY (SERVICES) ORDINANCE AND THE +STAR+ FERRY COMPANY (SERVICES) LADINANCE IN WHICH THEY ARE SCHEDULED WILL BE REPEALED ON TUESDAY (JUNE 15) WHEN THE FERRY SERVICES ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK WILL COME INTO EFFECT.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT FRANCHISES, ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THOSE EXISTING BUT DUE TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THE TWO FERRY COMPANIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW FERRY SERVICES ORDINANCE TO GIVE TIME TO CONCLUDE NEW FRANCHISES WITH THE COMPANIES.

ALSO PUBLISHED TODAY ARE THE FERRY SERVICES REGULATIONS 1982 UNDER THE FERRY SERVICES ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRE FERRY OPERATORS TO GIVE PROPER NOTICE OF THEIR SERVICES, AND CONTROL IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR OF PASSENGERS.

TRY NEW IDEAS, YOUNG DESIGNERS TOLD

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ASPIRING YOUNG DESIGNERS AT THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WERE TOLD TODAY NOT TO BE AFRAID TO TRY OUT NEW IDEAS IN THE COURSE OF THE IR WORK.

+YOU SHOULD NOT BE SLAVES TO FASHION AND AFRAID TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,+ A FORMER DESIGN EDUCATIONIST, MR D.D. WATERS, TOLD THEM AT THE INSTITUTE'S EXHIBITION OF WINDOW DISPLAY BY PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS.

MR WATERS, A FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SAID ALSO IT WAS NOT TRUE TO SAY THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD NO FLAIR FOR DESIGN AND COULD ONLY COPY.

THERE IS MUCH INTEREST IN DESIGN HERE, AND DESIGN EDUCATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S IN HONG KONG'S TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AS WELL AS THE POLYTECHNIC, HE POINTED OUT.

HE TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT IN WORKING OUT THEIR DESIGNS, THEY SHOULD HOWEVER, ALSO CONSIDER THE COST FACTOR,

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DESIGN CAN BE OVERDONE, AS IN THE CASE WHEN EXPENSIVE PACKAGING CAN PUSH UP THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT CONSIDERABLY, SAID. HE CONGRATULATED THE STUDENTS ON THE VARIETY AND STANDARD OF WORK DISPLAYED AND WISHED THEM SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

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