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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1990

THERE FULL

H

GOOD TITLES, YEARS, BEFORE THREE TITLES WOULD TAKE PLACE, НЕ

"SINCE NOT ALL TITLES ON THE REGISTER ARE

A WOULD BE

LEAD-IN PERIOD, PROBABLY CONVERSION OF ALL TITLES TO ABSOLUTE ADDED.

OTHER FEATURES OF THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE THE ISSUING OF CERTIFICATE FOR EACH PROPERTY OWNER WHO WANTS ONE.

14

A TITLE

TITLE AND "THE CERTIFICATE WOULD REPLACE ALL OLD DOCUMENTS OF

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. WOULD ITSELF BECOME THE SOLE DOCUMENT OF TITLE,

OUT BY AS FOR CONVEYANCING, THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CARRIED SOLICITORS AS UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM, HE ADDED.

STUDENT TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SCHEME REVISED

STARTING FROM THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS COMMUTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL WILL BE SUBSIDISED UNDER ALLOWANCE SCHEME.

A MODIFIED

STUDENT TRAVEL.

BY THE EXECUTIVE

THE REVISED SCHEME, WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED COUNCIL, IS BASED ON ACTUAL STUDENT TRAVEL PATTERNS ACQUIRED THROUGH A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMET IN MARCH LAST YEAR.

PRESENT A GOVERNMENT

THE "THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO SEEK IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAVEL ALLOWANCE SCHEME WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1988, SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

THE METHOD OF DISTRICT BOARD SHORT TRIPS

SCHOOL AND COMPARED

AREAS THE

COVERED BY THE SURVEY WERE IN THE 19 CALCULATING AVERAGE FARES WITHIN AND BETWEEN AREAS THE DISCREPANCY OVER THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDY BETWEEN WHICH CROSSED BOUNDARIES AND LONGER TRIPS WITHIN THE SAME DISTRICT;

TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ACTUAL

ACTUAL

OF NUMBER EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY TRIPS THAT STUDENTS MADE EACH WEEK WITH THE 14 TRIPS ALLOWED FOR UNDER THE EXISTING SCHEME.

SURVEY COVERED

CENT THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE

10 PER

OF ALL ATTENDING SECONDARY DAY FULL-TIME STUDENTS, INCLUDING SIXTH FORMERS, SCHOOLS AND THOSE ATTENDING POST-SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INSTITUTES WHO HAD APPLIED FOR THE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE IN THE 1988 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE REVISED SCHEME ARE:

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MORE REFINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS THE 271 TERTIARY

WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT LARGER UNITS

PLANNING

19 DISTRICT BOARD AREAS. THUS ENSURING A FAIRER AND MORE REALISTIC

CALCULATION OF ALLOWANCE;

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