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SUNDAY, SEPTELDER 18, 1983

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THE $227 MILLION GRANT THIS YEAR WILL BE SHARED AMONG THE

$132 MILLION WILL GO TO PARTICIPATING TRANSPORT OPERATORS - BUS COMPANIES, $7 MILLION TO FERRIES COMPANIES, $84 MILLION TO MTR AND KCR AND $3.9 MILLION TO THE TRAMWAYS COMPANY.

THE ALLOCATION OF GRANTS WAS BASED ON TWO SAMPLE SURVEYS CONDUCTED LAST YEAR WHICH ASSESSED STUDENT PATRONAGE OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THE GRANTS WILL BE REGULARLY REVIEWED.

UNDER THE STUDENT TRAVEL SCHEME, CARD HOLDERS COULD TRAVEL ON THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TRANSPORT FACILITIES AT CONCESSIONARY FARES. THE RATES ARE GENERALLY SET AT HALF THE FULL ADULT FARE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST 10 CENTS.

STUDENTS TRAVEL CARDS ARE ISSUED ANNUALLY BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S STUDENT TRAVEL OFFICE, AND ARE VALID FOR 13 MONTHS, FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30 OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FEE IS $10 A CARD.

ALL STUDENTS AGED 12 TO 25 WHO ARE IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHEME. APPLICATIONS MAY BE MADE THROUGH THE IR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.

FINALISTS VIE FOR SAFETY WORKER TITLES

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SIX FINALISTS IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SECTIONS OF A SAFETY WORKER CONTEST WILL VIE FOR THE TWO INDIVIDUAL TITLES AT AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT TO BE HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON SEPTEMBER 28 (WEDNESDAY).

THE SAFETY WORKER CONTEST, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RADIO-TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES ATTRACTED MORE THAN 50 LOCAL WORKERS IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS HELD LAST WEEK. THE CONTEST IS SPONSORED BY MR LAM KIN-MING, A LEADING INDUSTRIALIST IN TSUEN WAN.

THE THREE FINALISTS IN THE MEN'S SECTION ARE: MR TSANG CHI-PUI, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER MR CHOW TAT-KWONG. A PAINTER AND MR CHUNG

THE THREE FINALISTS IN THE HO-SUM OF THE SHIP-REPAIRING INDUSTRY. WOMEN'S SECTION ARE MISS WONG CHING-YEE AND MISS LAU KWAI-YING, BOTH FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND MISS LAU WAI-YEE, A GARMENT FACTORY WORKER.

THE FINALISTS WILL BE JUDGED ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ON THE MANNER OF THEIR PRESENTATION.

THE PANEL OF JUDGES WILL INCLUDE MR LAM KIN-MING, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SING FOOK KNITTING FACTORY CO. LTD. (CHAIRMAN); MR CHAN SHIU-LAP CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT; MR SIMON LUN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING: MR WONG CHI-WAH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND MR TAM WING-PONG, DISTRICT OFFICER (KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI).

/THE WINNERS