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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1989

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SURVEY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE IN NORTHEAST NT

CONSULTANCY TO

MVA THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMMISSIONED SURVEY USAGE OF VARIOUS PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES, INCLUDING KMB BUSES, AND RESIDENTIAL RAILWAYS, RED PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND GREEN MINIBUSES COACHES, IN THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES.

PART THE SURVEY FORMS

OF A STUDY AIMED AT REVIEWING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT RATIONALISING THE

NETWORK IN THE NORTHEAST NEW

TERRITORIES.

QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND BE COLLECTED AS THEY ALIGHT DURING THE THREE-MONTH SURVEY COMMENCING ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 18).

INTERVIEWS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED ON BOARD OR AT STOPS,

TERMINI OR STATIONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT URGED COMMUTERS ΤΟ CO-OPERATE AND PROVIDE THE TRAVEL INFORMATION REQUESTED, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

HE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT

INFORMATION PROVIDED KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL ONLY BE USED FOR THE STUDY.

ALL

WILL

BE

CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR HANDICAPPED IN SWD CENTRES

WONG,

TODAY

HELF

HANDICAPPED

SOCIAL THE DIRECTOR OF

WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH (SUNDAY) CALLED ON PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO PEOPLE INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

OF

THE SOCIAL CHILDREN'S

SHE MADE THE APPEAL AT A JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REHABILITATION CENTRE AND THE KAI CHI CENTRE.

FOR MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT SERVICES

THE HANDICAPPED WERE BUILD UP CONFIDENCE AND PROVIDED WITH AN AIM TO HELP THEM

DEVELOP

THEIR OWN POTENTIALS.

"TO ACHIEVE THE AIM, SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IS NEEDED, SHE SAID.

THE CHRISTMAS PARTY

CENTRES AND THEIR FAMILIES,

PRINCIPALS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND STAFF OF DEPARTMENT.

WAS ATTENDED BY

REPRESENTATIVES OF

RESIDENTS OF THE TWO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,

WELFARE THE SOCIAL

/ACTIVITIES INCLUDED

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