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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986
MR GREWAL SAID THAT UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR THERE WERE 114 EVASION CASES. THE COMPANY HAD BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER TOLL AND TAX IN MOST CASES AND THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING CASES WAS AGAIN VERY SMALL.
+ IT WILL BE APPARENT FROM THE FIGURES THAT ANY LOSS OF PUBLIC REVENUE ARISING FROM TOLL EVASION IS NEGLIGIBLE, HE SAID.
THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY HAD ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES TO RECOVER TOLL AND TAX IN EVASION CASES AND HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE PROCEDURES, HE ADDED.
MR GREWAL POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL ORDINANCE AND BY-LAWS (CAP. 203) ALL VEHICLES WHICH USED THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL HAD TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE TOLL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WAS IN RESPECT OF VEHICLES CARRYING GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ON DUTY IN THE TUNNEL AREA (FOR EXAMPLE, CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL CHECKING TUNNEL STRUCTURES).
+UNDER THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL (PASSAGE TAX) ORDINANCE (CAP. 274), HOWEVER, BUSES AND CERTAIN OTHER SPECIFIED USERS, FOR EXAMPLE DISABLED DRIVERS WHO MUST MAKE USE OF THE TUNNEL AND MEMBERS OF THE CONSULAR CORPS, ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE PASSAGE TAX,+ HE ADDED.
RANGE OF WELFARE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR GIRLS
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THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES OF SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE A RANGE OF WELFARE SERVICES FOR GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN MISSING PERSONS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JE AFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON ROSANNA TAM, MR JE AFFRESON SAID THE SERVICES INCLUDED COUNSELLING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, HELP IN ARRANGING COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, SEEKING SCHOOL PLACEMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER SERVICES NEEDED BY THE GIRLS OR THEIR FAMILIES.
+THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE GIRLS AND TO ASSIST THE FAMILIES TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT HAVE INFLUENCED THE GIRLS' BEHAVIOUR,+ HE SAID.
+COUNSELLING FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S CLINICAL PYSCHOLOGISTS IS AVAILABLE FOR GIRLS WITH PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE MENTALLY DEFECTIVE.+
/MR JEAFFRESON ....
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