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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1983

INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR

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TO MARK HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL GIVE AN INTERVIEW WHICH WILL BE BROADCAST ON TV AND RADIO CHANNELS ON FRIDAY EVENING (MAY 20).

SIR EDWARD WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY JIM BIDDULPH, THE FORMER DIPLOMATIC AND FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT OF THE BBC WHO HAS BEEN BASED IN HONG KONG FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

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THE PROGRAMME WILL BE PRODUCED BY RTHK.

DETAILS OF THE TIMINGS OF THE BROADCASTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED

1982 - A BETTER YEAR FOR TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER

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EFFORTS BY THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE INTERNAL TRANSPORT SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS, SAYS IN HIS DEPARTMENT'S 1982 ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED TODAY.

+DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW, THE MANAGEMENT, CO-ORDINATION AND POLICY MAKING MACHINERY WITHIN GOVERNMENT IN THE TRANSPORT FIELD HAS BEEN STREAMLINED AND STRENGTHENED TO PROVIDE FOR

A CONCERTED AND MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFICIENCY IN THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS, MR LEEDS SAID.

+THE TRANSPORT BRANCH IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT WAS STRENGTHENED WITH THE CAPABILITY TO PLAN, LONG TERM, FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, BALANCED AND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY.

+OF MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS A MAJOR REORGANISATION ON A REGIONAL BASIS TO PROVIDE FOR A BETTER INTEGRATED AND MORE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.

IMPROVEMENTS TOO WERE MADE TO MAJOR REGULATORY ORDINANCES RELATING TO TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC:

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A NEW FERRY SERVICES ORDINANCE WAS BROUGHT INTO EFFECT IN JUNE GIVING TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT POWERS TO MONITOR AND REGULATE THE SERVICES OF FRANCHISED FERRY COMPANIES AND TO LICENSE MINOR FERRY SERVICES TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF OUTLYING VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN DECEMBER TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION WHICH HAS BECOME OUT-DATED AND FRAGMENTED.

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