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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986

ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS MEMBERS WILL BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL NOT BE REVEALED TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. ONLY AGGREGATE SUMMARY STATISTICS WILL BE PUBLISHED.

COMMENTING ON THE SURVEY. DR HO KAM-FAI OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE SAID, THE SURVEY WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS. THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH CRIMINAL ACTS OCCURRED AND THEIR EFFECTS ON VICTIMS AND THE REASONS FOR REPORTING OR NOT REPORTING CRIMES TO THE POLICE.

+THE SURVEY HAS ALSO BEEN DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT OFFICIAL STATISTICS ON THE INCIDENCE OF CRIME IN HONG KONG AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND REASONS WHY CRIMINAL ACTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE.+

AS FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY ARE EXTREMELY USEFUL TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE POLICE IN EVALUATING CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES AND IN DEVISING NEW ONES, DR HO CALLED ON ALL SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

DB MEMBERS BRIEFED ON CMB FARE STRUCTURE REVIEW

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED A REVIEW ON THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY (CMB)'S FARE STRUCTURE AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW AT THE BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).

HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CMD FARES AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE HELD ON JANUARY 19 TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE FURTHER,

WHEN CMB RAISED ITS FARES IN APRIL THIS YEAR, SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE LEVEL OF BUS FARES FOR THE CMD SUBURBAN BUS ROUTES, WHICH THEY CLAIMED WAS TOO HIGH.

IN THE REVIEW DISCUSSED EARLIER BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) ON DECEMBER 22, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAD EXAMINED THE SCALE OF FARES FOR ALL THE EIGHT GROUPS OF BUS SERVICES OPERATED BY CMB.

/THE REVIEW