XN000022-1993-03-30 — Page 2

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REPORT ON GOVERNOR GARBLED

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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1993

RESPONDING ΤΟ AN AP REPORT TODAY (TUESDAY), THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN, MR MIKE HANSON, SAID THE REPORT WAS CLEARLY GARBLED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS NOT WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID THE INTERVIEW WITH THE SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION.

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IN THE INTERVIEW, THE GOVERNOR MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WOULD REMAIN IN HONG KONG UNTIL JUNE 30, 1997.

ADDED THAT HE HAD THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN, MR MIKE HANSON,

THE REPORTS BEEN INFORMED BY SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION THAT

GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS QUOTING AN INTERVIEW BY THE CORPORATION WITH THE TENURE WERE TOTALLY UNFOUNDED.

BILL ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS CONCLUDED THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS, A DECISION ON THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE REMAINING BILL ON THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN AFTER EASTER.

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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RECOGNISES THE NEED TO ENSURE TIME FOR THE LEGISLATION TO BE ENACTED BEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS.

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BUS FARE INCREASES APPROVED

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FARE INCREASES FOR KMB BY AN AVERAGE OF 11.2% AND FOR CMB BY 13% WITH EFFECT FROM MONDAY (APRIL 5) TO COVER THE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER OPERATING COSTS SINCE THE LAST FARE REVISION 25 MONTHS AGO.

"THE PERCENTAGES OF THE FARE INCREASES ARE WELL BELOW THE INFLATION RATE AS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) IS FORECAST TO RISE BY 21.3% IN THE 25-MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 1991 AND APRIL 1993, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.

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"THEY ARE ALSO MUCH LOWER THAN THE PERCENTAGES OF INCREASES SOUGHT BY THE TWO COMPANIES, THAT IS 13.8% BY KMB AND 19.6% BY CMB.

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