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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994

WAS FINALISING ON THE MEASURES IT SHOULD COMPLETE ITS

MR BARMA SAID THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ITS REVIEW ON TAXI POLICY, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TAXI SERVICES AND DELIBERATIONS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

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BY THE

"A GUIDE TO TAXI SERVICE" WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION ON HOW TO

WAS PUBLISHED COMPLAINTS, HIRE

WHERE TAXIS AND

TO MAKE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AS AN INFORMATION BOOKLET.

J

YEAR AND SAID, ADDING

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO REVISE THE BOOKLET THIS UPDATE THE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR TAXI DRIVERS, MR BARMA THAT A SUGGESTION TO PROVIDE SUCH A CODE TO BE COMPARTMENTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE EXERCISE.

POSTED INSIDE TAXI

ALREADY MR BARMA NOTED THAT A NUMBER OF TAXI ASSOCIATIONS HAD

POTENTIAL AND TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO ORGANISE TRAINING COURSES FOR

DRIVERS' MANNER AND NOT NEW TAXI DRIVERS BUT THESE ONLY COVERED PRACTICAL ENGLISH.

ORGANISATION

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HELPS IN THE TRAINING COURSE AND THE SUGGESTION TO INCLUDE SOME ENGLISH COURSES WILL CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWED UP, HE SAID.

OF THESE IN

THESE

ROUTE 3 (CPS) PROJECT TARGETED FOR COMPLETION IN 1998

* * *

CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE TAI

APPROACH

LAM TUNNEL AND YUEN LONG

IS TARGETED TO ROAD OF THE ROUTE 3 (COUNTRY PARK SECTION) PROJECT START IN EARLY 1995, FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1998.

HOWEVER, THE EXACT STARTING DATE WILL DEPEND ON THE PROGRESS OF AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH TENDERERS, CONSULTATION, LAND RESUMPTION, ENACTMENT OF THE ENABLING LEGISLATION.

MR TRANSPORT,

HAIDER THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI.

TAI ON THE EQUALLY COULD BE

MR BARMA EXPLAINED THAT THE TIMING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAM TUNNEL AND YUEN LONG APPROACH ROAD WOULD DEPEND NOT ONLY PROGRESS WITH LAND RESUMPTION, BUT ALSO ON A NUMBER OF OTHER

FRANCHISE IMPORTANT STEPS WHICH HAD TO BE TAKEN BEFORE A . AWARDED.

AFTER THE CLOSE OF TENDERS ON APRIL 8 THIS YEAR, MR BARMA SAID, AFTER THAT, THE EVALUATED. BIDS WILL NEED

CAREFULLY TO BE GOVERNMENT WILL NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE TENDERERS.

THE

"IN

PARALLEL, WE SHALL WORK ON THE DRAFT LEGISLATION AWARD OF THE FRANCHISE WITH A VIEW TO INTRODUCING AN ENABLING BILL THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THIS OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER AND ENACTMENT THE END OF THIS YEAR."

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BY

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