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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,

1993

"THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP IS ΤΟ ASSIST IN THE EFFECTIVE

OF POST OFFICE PERFORMANCE MONITORING

PLEDGES AND TO PROVIDE

OFFICE CAN FEEDBACKS AND VIEWS ON POSTAL SERVICES SUCH THAT THE POST RESPOND BETTER TO THE NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS"

THERE WILL

BE THREE

REGIONAL SUB-GROUPS NAMELY INCLUDING OUTLYING ISLANDS, KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES.

HONG KONG

BALLOT IF PUBLIC.

20 MEMBERS SELECTED BY EACH SUB-GROUP WILL HAVE NECESSARY FROM APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL

WILL BE CHAIRED EACH SUB-GROUP WILL MEET QUARTERLY AND THE MEETINGS

POSTAL SERVICES BY A SENIOR CONTROLLER OF POSTS RESPONSIBLE FOR OF THAT REGION.

THE

A MAIN CUSTOMER LIAISON GROUP COMPRISING SUB-GROUPS WILL MEET ONCE A YEAR.

A MEMBER OF THE DIRECTORATE FROM THE POST OFFICE WILL CHAIR THE MEETING.

THESE

THREE

HEADQUARTERS

LIAISON LEAFLETS PROVIDING DETAILS OF THE CUSTOMER

GROUP AND ANY POST APPLICATION FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM

OFFICE. MEMBERS OF IN BECOMING A THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED

MEMBER CAN APPLY BY COMPLETING AND RETURNING THE APPLICATION FORM ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 22.

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SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT VISITS KCRC

THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR K Y YEUNG, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION (KCRC) TO SEE HIMSELF THE OPERATIONS OF BOTH HEAVY AND LIGHT RAILS IN HONG KONG,

FOR

ACCOMPANIED BY THE KORC CHAIRMAN, MR KEVIN HYDE, AND THE ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT SERVICES), MR ISAAC Y N CHOW, MR YEUNG TOOK A RIDE ON A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) VEHICLE AND TOURED THE LRT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTRE AND DEPOT.

THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO LO WU STATION WHERE MR YEUNG WAS GIVEN A CONDUCTED TOUR OF RAIL FACILITIES THERE AND WAS BRIEFED ON WAYS TO HANDLE THE INCREASING FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC ACROSS THE BORDER.

THEY THEN TRAVELLED BY TRAIN TO SHA TIN STATION TO INSPECT THE STATION IMPROVEMENT WORK BEING UNDERTAKEN BY KCRC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PASSENGERS,

MR YEUNG WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE OPERATION OF A CUSTOMER SERVICES CENTRE AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE INFORMATION DISPLAY PANELS.

THROUGHOUT THE VISIT, MR YEUNG WAS BRIEFED BY MR HYDE ON KCRC'S PLANS TO UPGRADE ITS SERVICES WHICH INCLUDED PROGRAMME TO REFURBISH AND EXPAND THE KOWLOON THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN RAIL TRAFFIC.

A $900 MILLION STATION TO COPE WITH

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