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MONDAY, JULY 18, 1988

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TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW

THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE LEVEL OF FIXED PENALTY FINES AND THE PROPOSED INCLUSION OF THE OFFENCE OF OVERLOADING IN THE DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM AT ITS MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE WITHDRAWAL OF PASSENGER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND TSING YI AND THE PROPOSED RECREATIONAL FERRY SERVICE TO CHEUNG CHAU.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON THE AIMS OF THE METROPLAN.

THE MEETING, TO BE HELD AT THE CENTRAL

WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES,

DB MEMBERS TO BE BRIEFED ON TOWN PLANNING

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ALL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A BRIEFING ON TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG TO BE GIVEN BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR PETER PUN, ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 20).

DR PUN, HEAD OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, SAID THE PURPOSE DE THE BRIEFING IS TO GIVE MEMBERS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NECESSITY AND PROCESS OF TOWN PLANNING, AND THE PLANNING OF HONG KONG FOR THE COMING DECALES.

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"OWING TO THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS' ADVISORY ROLE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON PLANNING AND DEVEOPMENT WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, AND THEIR LIAISON ROLE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE BRIEFING WILL INTRODUCE THEM ΤΟ THE TOWN PLANNING STRUCTURE AND THE WORK OF TOWN PLANNERS IN HONG KONG.

"IT WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE VARIOUS DECISION MAKING BODIES INVOLVED IN THE TOWN PLANNING PROCESS," DR PUN SAID.

THE BRIEFING WILL BE GIVEN IN TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS IN THE OLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER,

THE FIRST SESSION WILL BE FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SECOND SESSION FROM 2 PM TO NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

FOR URBAN

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE BRIEFING SESSIONS.

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