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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
+ IN 1986-87, A TOTAL OF $10 MILLION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL WAS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN SETTING UP A SPORTS AID FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO YOUNG ATHLETES WHO HAD THE POTENTIAL TO ATTAIN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THEIR CHOSEN SPORTS, HE ADDED.
+SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO ELIGIBLE ATHLETES IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES TO COVER ANY LOSS OF EARNING INCURRED DURING ABSENCE FROM EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE TRAINING OR COMPETITION PERIOD.+
16 BUS ROUTES, 3 FERRY SERVICES CANCELLED
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A TOTAL OF 16 FRANCHISED BUS ROUTES AND THREE FRANCHISED CROSS-HARBOUR FERRY SERVICES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR FINANCIAL REASONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON HARNAM GREWAL, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE YU-TAI, MR GREWAL SAID THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD ALSO APPROVED THE CANCELLATION OF A FURTHER THREE PASSENGER FERRY SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT NO CANCELLATIONS WERE MADE LIGHTLY OR BEFORE THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS FULLY CONVINCED THAT SATISFACTORY ALTERNATIVES DID EXIST, OR WOULD BE CREATED, TO SERVE ANY PASSENGERS DISPLACED.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, ROUTES ARE ONLY CANCELLED FOLLOWING AND NOT IN ANTICIPATION OF REDUCTIONS IN PASSENGER DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE CONCERNED.+
BEFORE ANY SUCH DECISION WAS TAKEN, HE SAID, IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S NORMAL PRACTICE TO CONSULT THE DISTRICT BOARDS CONCERNED.
/HE ENSURED
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