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THURSDAY, MAY 29,

1986

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FARE RISE ON THREE MINIBUS ROUTES

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED FARE INCREASES FOR THREE GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WITH EFFECT FROM SUNDAY (JUNE 1).

THE NEW FARES FOR ROUTES 10, 11 AND 31, WHICH OPERATE IN CAUSEWAY BAY, TIN WAN AND SANDY BAY, WILL BE $4. THE OVERNIGHT SERVICE OF ON ROUTE 31 WILL CHARGE $4.5.

FARE RISES FOR FOUR OTHER GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WERE APPROVED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THESE ROUTES WERE 9, 21M, 22 AND 23 WHICH OPERATE IN CENTRAL, TAI HANG, POK FU LAN AND KENNEDY TOWN.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FARE INCREASES FOR THE

SEVEN ROUTES RANGED FROM 30 CENTS TO $1.

+APPROVAL WAS GIVEN AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE OPERATING DETAILS AND FINANCIAL RETURNS SUBMITTED BY OPERATORS,+ HE SAID.

LAST PUBLIC SESSION FOR SELECT COMMITTEE

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THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME, CHAIRED BY MR PETER C. WONG, WILL MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MR MICHAEL THOMAS, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, MR JAMES FINDLAY, AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, MR JOSEPH DUFFY, IN A PUBLIC SESSION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON SATURDAY (MAY 31) AT 9.30 AM.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO HAS NOT YET MET THE COMMITTEE, HAS REQUESTED THE SESSION TO PRESENT HIS VIEWS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY MET WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THREE TIMES, THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION TWICE, AND ONCE EACH WITH THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.

THE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT THE, OF THE CURRENT SESSION.

MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO OBSERVE FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY.

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