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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1986

ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR

CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION

MR C.M. LEUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION

STUDY GROUP ON GUIDELINES MR CHENG KAI-NAM

OF CIVIC EDUCATION

VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WERE ALSO CONSIDERED AT TODAY'S MEETING.

IT WAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT THE 1986 CIVIC EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE AIMED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PARALLEL PHASES, THAT IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AND TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY

PARTICIPATION.

THE AWARENESS PHASE WILL INCLUDE THE WORK AND FUNCTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE LEGAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEM OF HONG KONG, AND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS WILL BE A CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION TO BE HELD LATER IN THE YEAR,

THE RESPECTIVE WORKING GROUPS WERE ASKED TO STUDY AND PURSUE THESE PHASES IN GREATER DETAIL.

GREEN MINIBUS FARE REVISION APPROVED

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED FARE INCREASE FROM FRIDAY (MAY 16) FOR SIX GREEN MINIBUS PACKAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES COMPRISING 18 ROUTES.

FARE INCREASES FOR THESE ROUTES, WHICH OPERATE IN SAI KUNG, YUEN LONG, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN, RANGE FROM 20 CENTS TO $1. ONLY TWO OF THEM WOULD CHARGE UP TO THE NEW FARE CEILINGS.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPROVAL WAS GIVEN AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE OPERATING DETAILS AND FINANCIAL RETURNS SUBMITTED BY GREEN MINIBUS OPERATORS.

SO FAR, SIX PACKAGES OF GREEN MINIBUS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES COMPRISING 19 ROUTES HAD APPLIED FOR A FARE REVISION AND THE APPLICATION BY THE REMAINING ROUTE WAS BEING EXAMINED. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 66 ROUTES OPERATING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM PASSENGERS OF THE FARE REVISION BY PUTTING UP NOTICES AT THE GREEN MINIBUS TERMINI AND INSIDE VEHICLES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/APPROVAL FOR