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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES

8 389

4 931

+ 3 458

+70

ARTICLES AND APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

6 184

4 495

+ 1 689

+38

MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

5 378

3 183

+ 2 195

+69

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT,

SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

5 089

4 258

831

+20

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

4 590

2 213

+ 2 377

+107

PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TRANSPORT

*****

THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT (TCU) UNDER THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECEIVED 5 370 COMPLAINTS OR SUGGESTIONS IN THE 12 MONTHS UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

THIS WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN WHICH THE FIGURE EXCEEDED

5 000 SINCE THE TCU WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 1980.

THE INCREASE OF SEVEN PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, STEMMED MAINLY FROM RISING DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NT NEW TOWNS, AND GRIEVANCES ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION.

IN A FOREWORD TO THE UNIT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAC, MR GERALD FORSGATE OBSERVED THAT WHILE FIGURES DID NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY, THEY DID +REFLECT THE INCREASING WILLINGNESS OF THE PUBLIC TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS AND TO BE INVOLVED IN MATTERS THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO THEM.+

MR STEPHEN CHEONG, WHO CHAIRS THE TAC SUB-COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE WORK OF THE UNIT, SAID THAT MORE COULD BE ACHIEVED IF THE PUBLIC MADE MORE USE OF THE UNIT AS A FORUM FOR DEVELOPING TRANSPORT

PROBLEMS.

/THE TCU

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