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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1992

GOVERNOR WILL SPEND MUCH TIME OUT MEETING PEOPLE

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON THAT HE WOULD, THROUGHOUT HIS GOVERNORSHIP, SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE OUT OF THE OFFICE MEETING PROPLE AND SEEING THINGS FOR HIMSELF.

MR PATTEN WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER HIS VISIT ΤΟ MONG KOK, SHA TIN AND WONG TAI SIN.

"THERE IS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READING ABOUT THINGS AND ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THEM YOURSELF AND MEETING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND IN THEIR HOMES, HE SAID.

HE SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE AND HE HAD BEEN VERY PLEASED BY THE RECEPTION WHICH PEOPLE HAD GIVEN HIM.

HAVING SEEN THE SQUATTER HUTS AND SQUATTER FACTORIES, MR PATTEN SAID HE REALISED THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF GOOD QUALITY HOUSING FOR THE FUTURE PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE IN HONG KONG.

THANKING THE REPORTERS FOR COVERING HIS VISIT WITH SUCH ENTHUSIASM, MR PATTEN SAID:

"I SUSPECT THAT ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE LOST A BIT OF WEIGHT DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY FUTURE VISITS AND I HOPE WE DIDN'T TRAMPLE ON TOO MANY PEOPLE'S FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED."

GOODS VEHICLE USING CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL RECLASSIFIED * * * * * *

THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND TOLLS FOR GOODS VEHICLES USING THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ARE TO BE REVISED, WITH EFFECT FROM AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

AS A RESULT, GOODS VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS WILL BE IDENTICAL FOR BOTH THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.

THE TOTAL CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TOLL (INCLUDING THE PASSAGE TAX) FOR EACH CLASS OF GOODS VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE THE SAME AS THE TOLL FOR THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.

FROM AUGUST 1, GOODS VEHICLES WITHIN THE RANGE OF 5.3 TONNES, WHICH ARE NOW REGARDED BY THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AS MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES, WILL BE RECLASSIFIED AS LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES FOR PURPOSE OF TOLLING.

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