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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1984

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DB MEMBERS VISIT KCR

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SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MARKET SURVEYS WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO FIND WAYS TO BOOST PATRONAGE IN THE DISTRICT.

A TOTAL OF 20 BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE CORPORATION THIS MORNING DURING WHICH THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE COMPANY'S PLAN TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO STRENGTHEN FEEDER BUS SERVICES IN SHA TIN.

ACCORDING TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION, MR PETER QUICK, THESE SERVICES WOULD AIM AT AREAS, SUCH AS TIN SUM VALLEY, WITH HEAVY POPULATION IN-TAKE.

+WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS IN TIN SUM VALLEY WITH SUFFICIENT FEEDER BUS ROUTES TO EITHER SHA TIN OR TAI WAT STATION,+ HE SAID.

BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALSO TOLD THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE FO TAN AND TAI WAI PERMANENT STATIONS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1985.

FO TAN STATION IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE 30 000 PASSENGERS DAILY AND TAI WAI PERMANENT STATION 90 000 DAILY.

THIS MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, FIRST VISITED THE CONTROL CENTRE AT KOWLOON STATION TO SEE ITS DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION AT THE KCR HOUSE ON SHA TIN STATION,

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ****

THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN, CHUNG FOON-HE, SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO 25 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

CHUNG WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF HIS 51-YEAR-OLD UNCLE IN THE HIGH COURT IN MAY 1982.

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