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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1993

"THIS COMMITMENT IS

REINFORCED BY CMB' 'S NEW FRANCHISE EFFECTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 1993 REQUIRING CMB TO CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO ALL ITS SERVICES, INCLUDING AND UP TO THE DATE OF TRANSFER OF THE 26 ROUTES TO CITYBUS LIMITED.

"FAILURE TO DO SO RENDERS THE COMPANY LIABLE TO FINANCIAL PENALTY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE,

11 HE SAID.

MR LEUNG SAID CENTRAL TO THE MONITORING PROCESS OF CMB WERE REGULAR SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT то MONITOR THE BUS TURNOUT, OCCUPANCY, AND FREQUENCY ON ALL THE ROUTES.

"RESULTS 50 FAR INDICATE THAT WHILST THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHORTAGE OF BUSES ON OTHER ROUTES WHERE CMB HAS BEEN ASKED TO RECTIFY, THERE HAS BEEN NO DELIBERATE WITHDRAWAL OF BUSES FROM ANY ONE OF THE 26 ROUTES."

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WITH SPECIAL MORE FREQUENT SEPTEMBER.

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT SURVEYS, EMPHASIS ON THE 26 ROUTES OVER THE NEXT FEW INTERVALS UNTIL THEY ARE TAKEN OVER BY

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"ANY SERVICE DEFICIENCY IDENTIFIED DURING THESE OBSERVED BY DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE COMMUTING PUBLIC WILL CONTINUE BE PROMPTLY DEALT WITH AND RECTIFIED," HE SAID.

CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM COVERED IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

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THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS NOT TAUGHT AS AN INDEPENDENT SUBJECT IN SCHOOLS BUT ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE INCLUDED IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM AT BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE SAID PUPILS' CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM WERE STRENGTHENED PROGRESSIVELY FROM A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE NATION TO A MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE EXISTING POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM IN CHINA AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE FUTURE RONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR).

MR CHAN SAID TOPICS RELATING TO THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE FORMAL CURRICULUM OF THE SUBJECT SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY 5 LEVEL, AND IN CHINESE HISTORY, HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT

AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND LIBERAL STUDIES IN VARIOUS LEVELS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEVEN POON IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HE SAID A NEW SUBJECT "GENERAL STUDIES" WAS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PRIMARY CURRICULUM.

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