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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1993

CITYBUS TO START OPERATING 26 ROUTES TOMORROW

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CITYBUS HAS COMPLETED ALL PREPARATORY WORK AND IS SET TO START OPERATING 26 ROUTES TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE

AS "NETWORK PACKAGE, KNOWN

26", HONG KONG ISLAND AND TWO CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES.

24 INCLUDES

ROUTES

ON

THEY ARE ROUTES 1, 5, 5A, 5B, 10X, 12, 12M, 6, 6A, 48, 61, 70M, 72, 72A, 72B, 75, 76, 90, 92, 96, 97, 97A, 98, 107 AND 170.

70,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) PASSENGERS ON THESE ROUTES SHOULD LOOK FOR THE CITYBUS BUS STOP SIGN WHICH WAS YELLOW INSTEAD OF THE USUAL BLUE SIGN OF THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY.

ARE WITH THE EXCEPTION ON ROUTE 5B, THERE ROUTEING OF THESE SERVICES.

NO

ΤΟ CHANGE

THE

INSTEAD OF

ROUTE 5B WILL OPERATE ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS CAUSEWAY BAY.

HALF

HE SAID PASSENGERS WHO WERE AGED 60 AND OVER WOULD ENJOY FARE ON THE CITYBUS' HONG KONG ISLAND ROUTES. ON THE TWO CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES, HALF FARE WERE OFFERED TO PASSENGERS AGED 65 AND OVER.

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP A CO-ORDINATION CENTRE MONITOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE 26 ROUTES FROM CMB TO CITYBUS ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISRUPTION TO SERVICES TOMORROW.

ΤΟ

TO

HIGHER WAGE FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN REQUIREMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS.

THE

WAGE

RELEVANT CONSULATES

BELOW $3,500 A

FROM MONTH

BY NOTARISED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS SEPTEMBER 1 (WEDNESDAY) MUST CARRY A WAGE NOT BEFORE SUBMISSION TO IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR PROCESSING.

BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 SHOULD TAKE EFFECT BEFORE

+

RE-ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS NOTARISED ALSO CARRY THE NEW WAGE IF SUCH CONTRACTS DO NOT OCTOBER 1.

WAGE LEVEL OF

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE LEVEL OF WAGR INCREASE OF

THE CURRENT A MONTH HAD TAKEN DOMESTIC HELPERS.

INTO ACCOUNT

/COMPARED WITH

$300

LOCAL