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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1990

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MORE RESIDENTIAL

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SERVICES,

THE

ON THE INTRODUCTION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS NOW ADOPTING

MORE FLEXIBLE AND LIBERAL

WHERE SERVICES

THEY HELPED APPROACH TO THE LICENSING OF RESIDENTS'

DURING RELIEVE PRESSURE ON KMB'S (OR FOR THAT MATTER CMB'S) RESOURCES

BUSES THAT THE PEAK HOURS, THEREBY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FRANCHISED WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED.

MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE PROPOSED USE OF ROUTE 5 (9HING MUN TUNNELS) BY NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS.

IN RESPONSE TO THE NT TAXI TRADE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A REVIEW AFTER THE OPENING OF ROUTE 5 TO TRAFFIC IN APRIL.

IN CONDITIONS

LEVEL ROUTE,

THE REVIEW TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE TRAFFIC MUN TUNNELS AND THE ADJACENT ROAD NETWORKS IN SHA TIN AND

TAXIS TO USE SUCH A THE DEMAND FOR NT

LINK, PROVIDED BY OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES ON THIS ON THE ISSUE, AND GENERAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS TAXIS.

SHING TSUEN WAN,

OF SERVICES LOCAL VIEWS

ON THE ROLE OF NT

THE TRADE,

TRANSPORT OF URBAN TAXI NEED FOR NEW

FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH THE URBAN TAXI DEPARTMENT UNDERTOOK TO CONDUCT A SURVEY ON THE LEVEL

AS ΤΟ SERVICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SO

ASSESS THE TERRITORIES TAXIS TO USE ROUTE 5 OR TO EXPAND ITS OPERATING AREAS.

CONSULT THE RELEVANT A RECOMMENDATION WOULD

THE TAC NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NT DISTRICT BOARDS IN DUE COURSE AFTER WHICH BE PRESENTED TO THE TAC FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

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POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH STAFF ASSOCIATIONS

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THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, TODAY (TUESDAY) PERSONALLY CONVENED A MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMEN OF THE FOUR STAFF ASSOCIATIONS IN REGARD TO THEIR PROPOSALS THAT AMENDMENTS BE MADE ΤΟ THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL (PFC) CONSTITUTION.

THE COMMISSIONER TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT NEITHER HE NOR THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FAVOURED A CHANGE OF CHAIRMANSHIP IN THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED.

HOWEVER, MR LI SAID HE DID AGREE THAT THERE WERE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE OPERATION AND EFFICIENCY OF THE PFC AND THAT A THOROUGH EXAMINATION WOULD BE MADE INTO WAYS IN WHICH ACTION SUBJECTS DISCUSSED COULD BE SPEEDED UP.

ON

MR LI ALSO FULLY SUPPORTED THE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS' PROPOSAL THAT A COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY BE SET UP SHOULD STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION COME TO AN IMPASSE IN DELIBERATIONS, AND HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN UP THIS ISSUE WITH GOVERNMENT.

/FINALLY, THE