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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1985

MR PANG SAID THAT THE DECREASE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A DROP IN COMPLAINTS ABOUT NON-ADHERENCE TO DEPARTURE SCHEDULES. THE NUMBER OF THESE COMPLAINTS WENT DOWN FROM 21 IN THE LAST QUARTER TO EIGHT, OF THESE EIGHT COMPLAINTS, FIVE WERE ABOUT THE LATE DEPARTURE OF THE 7.20 AM SAILING FROM PENG CHAU TO CENTRAL.

COMPLAINTS CONCERNING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WERE ON THE DECREASE -- 246 CASES IN THE QUARTER AND 289 IN THE LAST QUARTER. ROAD CONGESTION WAS STILL THE MAIN SUBJECT AND IT ACCOUNTED FOR 56 PER CENT OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS CONCERNING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THERE WERE FEWER COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC AI DS, PEDESTRIAN AND PARKING FACILITIES.

THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD MAINTENANCE DROPPED SI GN1 FICANTLY FROM 103 IN THE LAST QUARTER TO 60. THERE WAS A GENERAL DECLINE IN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STATE OF ROADS, TRAFFIC AIDS AND SIGNS IN WANT OF REPAIRS AND FADED CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS.

PRINTING DEPARTMENT BEGINS BIG MOVE MAY 13

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THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN MOVING TO NEW PREMISES IN QUARRY BAY FROM MONDAY (MAY 13).

AND THE BIG JOB OF DISMANTLING SOME 150 SETS OF MACHINERY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ITEMS, AND SETTING THEM ALL UP AGAIN WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO COMPLETE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE WHOLE OPERATION WILL BE PLANNED SO AS TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT 50 PER CENT OF NORMAL PRODUCTION DURING THAT TIME, HE SAID.

THE MOVE IS TO MEET THE EXPANSION NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING IN A TWO-STOREY BUILDING ON JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS.

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WORK HAD BEEN BUILDING UP SINCE 1952 SO THAT STAFF HAD TO BE INCREASED FROM LESS THAN 100 TO THE PRESENT 400-MORE. THE PRODUCTION MACHINERY FROM 23 ITEMS TO MORE THAN 150, HE SAID. AT THE SAME TIME. OUTPUT HAD INCREASED TO THE PRESENT ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF SOME 4 600 TONNES OF PAPER.

/THE NEW