XN000022-1982-08-21 — Page 4

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1982

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NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO CHANGE NT TAXI BOUNDARY

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THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO RELAX THE EXISTING NEW TERRITORIES TAXI BOUNDARY LIMITS, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE WAS RESPONDING TO AN EARLIER STATEMENT MADE BY NEW TERRITORIES TAXI OPERATORS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS REVIEWING A PLAN TO EASE THE BOUNDARY RESTRICTIONS.

HE SAID. +THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT A SERIES OF SURVEYS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TSUEN WAN LINE AND THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

+AND THE ADEQUACY OF FEEDER SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, INCLUDING TAXIS, WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED.+

THE OUTCOME OF THESE SURVEYS WOULD GIVE AN INDICATION ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH DEMAND WAS BEING MET BY URBAN TAXIS AND ON WHETHER THERE WAS A NEED TO CHANGE OPERATION BOUNDARIES FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR SERVICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+AS EXAMINATION ON THE NEED FOR ANY CHANGE TO THE RESTRICTIONS WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE AFTER THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE LATER THIS YEAR, ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGE TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES IS UNLIKELY, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

WATER CUT IN NORTH POINT

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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN NORTH POINT WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 PM ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 26) TO 6 AM THE NEXT DAY TO ALLOW FOR A WASTE DETECTION LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AREA AFFECTED WILL BE BOUNDED BY NORTH POINT ROAD. THE NORTH POINT SEA FRONT, SHU KUK STREET AND KING'S ROAD IN NORTH POINT.

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