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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993

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TICKET VENDING MACHINES CAN ACCEPT NEW COINS

**

(LRT) COINS.

AMONG THE 361 TICKET VENDING MACHINES ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, 215 WERE MODIFIED BY MARCH THIS YEAR

TO ACCEPT NEW

MR TRANSPORT,

HAIDER

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR BARMA, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR

THE RAILWAY

146 MACHINES, MR BARMA REMAINING

HAD NOW (KCRC) CANTON

CORPORATION MODIFIED MECHANISM TO ACCEPT NEW COINS.

SAID

THE KOWLOON- ΤΟ MANAGED

DEVELOP A

ΤΟ SUBJECT AND

SATISFACTORY

THIS WAS BEING FIELD-TESTED RESULTS, ALL THE MACHINES WOULD BE ADJUSTED BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

"MEANWHILE, TO MINIMISE THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO PASSENGERS, THE CORPORATION HAS HAD SOME SUCCESS IN PERSUADING MORE COMMUTERS TRAVEL ON MULTI-RIDE PASSES,

"ACCORDING TO KCRC, THE NUMBER OF LRT PASSENGERS USING RIDE PASSES HAS INCREASED FROM 49 PER CENT IN APRIL 1993 TO CENT IN NOVEMBER 1993, MR BARMA SAID.

TO

MULTI-

57 PER

0

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31 VENUES AVAILABLE FOR PLAYING GATEBALL

THE

GATEBALL IN HONG THERE ARE 31 VENUES AVAILABLE FOR PLAYING KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

SHA TIN, THESE INCLUDE ONE DESIGNATED GATEBALL COURT EACH IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN; AND 15 GRASS PITCHES WITHIN SPORTS GROUNDS THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA AND 13 IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.

MR

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG,

GATEBALL COURTS WERE SO POINTED OUT THAT ANOTHER 19 PURPOSE-BUILT EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING CONVERTING A SITE IN THE KWONG FUK ESTATE IN TAI PO INTO ITS FIRST GATEBALL COURT.

RESIDENTS

IF

ESTATES,

MORE GATEBALL COURTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER SUITABLE SITES CAN BE IDENTIFIED WITHIN PUBLIC HOUSING MR SO ADDED.

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