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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1982

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BANNYAL

+ALTHOUGH PERFECTION IS WHAT MOST OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD WISH TO WORK TOWARDS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CITIZENS SHOULD REALISE THAT THIS IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE IN THE REAL WORLD AND THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD CANNOT SOLVE ALL DISTRICT PROBLEMS STRAIGHT AWAY, HE SAID.

+THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF THIS EXHIBITION IS THAT WHILE BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DISTRICT BOARD NEED TO BE FRANK AND HONEST TO THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, THE PUBLIC ALSO NEED TO PLAY THE IR PART BY BRINGING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT AT AN EARLY STAGE AND ENSURE THAT THEIR VIEWS ARE KNOWN.

+ IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD REALISE THAT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ARE IN FACT CAUSED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND WILL ONLY BE CURED BY PEOPLE LEARNING TO LIVE IN A PUBLIC-SPIRITED AND SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE WAY.

+ IT IS ONLY THROUGH THIS CO-OPERATION WILL THE QUALITY

OF LIFE IN THE DISTRICTS BE IMPROVED, HE ADDED.

MORE MAXICAB ROUTES TO BE OPENED

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A NUMBER OF NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WOULD BE OPENED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

LONG.

SOME OF THESE ROUTES WILL BE IN KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN

+OTHERS WILL SERVE AS FEEDERS TO THE TAI PO KCR STATION TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING TRANSPORT NEEDS AS A RESULT OF THE KCR'S ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

DETAILS OF THESE MAXICAB SERVICES WILL BE GAZETTED NEXT MONTH, WHEN APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN TO REGISTERED OWNERS OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 507 MAXICABS OPERATING 83 ROUTES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW ROUTES WOULD FURTHER EXPAND THIS FLEET.

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