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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1987

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GOVERNOR TO VISIT CENTRAL AND WESTERN

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ON THURSDAY (JUNE 4) AFTERNOON.

SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WILL BEGIN THE IR TOUR IN SHEUNG WAN TO LOOK AT TRADITIONAL WHOLESALE BUSINESS THERE.

THEY WILL THEN VISIT A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT SUNG HING LANE, KWUN LUNG LAU AND TOUR SMITHFIELD IN KENNEDY TOWN.

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WILL ALSO ATTEND A TEA RECEPTION AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND MEET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS1

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT THIS THURSDAY (JUNE 4). GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE CGO CARPARK AT LOWER ALBERT ROAD, CENTRAL, AT 1.45 PM SHARP.

GMB STOPS PILOT SCHEME TO BE INTRODUCED

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A PILOT SCHEME TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNATING STOPPING PLACES FOR GREEN MINIBUSES (GMB) IN RESTRICTED ZONES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM FRIDAY (JUNE 5), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

GMB'S ARE NOW OPERATING ALONG FIXED ROUTES AND SCHEDULES OF SERVICES AND ARE PERMITTED TO STOP AT APPROVED LOCATIONS IN RESTRICTED ZONES TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS, THE FACT THAT GMB STOPPING PLACES CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED HAVE SOMETIMES CAUSED CONFUSION TO PASSENGERS.

+THE DESIGNATION OF STOPS FOR GMB'S WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO BETTER REGULATE THE KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES OF GMB'S IN RESTRICTED AREAS AND TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON GMB ROUTES TO PASSENGERS, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

INITIALLY, TEN LOCATIONS EACH ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MOSTLY IN RESTRICTED AREAS OF BUSY DISTRICTS, HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE SCHEME.

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