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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1994

**THE

APPROPRIATE

COMMITTEE

THAT

THE THAT THE

THESE

BE AN GRANTS WILL BELIEVES

ASSISTANCE ON MBANS TO EXPRESS SYMPATHY AND OFFER BEHALF TO THE RWANDAN VICTIMS. THE COMMITTEE HOPES THESE WILL STIMULATE FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE," SPOKESMAN ADDED.

COMMUNITY'S

AND

FOR THE DESIGNATED TO ENSURE THAT THE GRANTS WILL BE USED PURPOSES, HONG KONG RED CROSS, MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HONG KONG

CHILDREN'S FUND WILL BE HONG KONG COMMITTEE FOR UNITED NATIONS

EVALUATION REPORT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AN AND AN AUDITED ACCOUNT ON THE USE OF THE GRANT.

THE

PROCESSED IMMEDIATELY THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GRANTS WOULD BE AND THIS WOULD be THE THIRD TIME THAT GRANTS HAD BEEN MADE FROM FUND SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN DECEMBER 1993.

A GRANT OF $2 MILLION WAS MADE TO OXFAM HONG KONG IN JUNE AS

REFUGEES RWANDAN TOWARDS CONTRIBUTION

THE RELIEF PROGRAMME FOR

TANZANIA.

A

IN

THREE RELIEF

THREE GRANTS TOTALLING $20 MILLION WERE MADE TO ORGANISATIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THEIR RELIEF PROGRAMMES FOR THE FLOOD-AFFECTED POPULATION IN CHINA.

AND APPROPRIATIONS

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT PUBLIC DONATIONS FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE WERE THE MAIN SOURCES OF THE FUND.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO DONATE TO THE GENERAL RELIEF PURPOSES.

FUND FOR

RELIEF ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE TO THE SECRETARY TO THE DISASTER

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FUND ADVISORY COMMITTER AT ROOM 553, EAST WING, OFFICES OR CALL 810 3503.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

THE CHIEF

SECRETARY.

MR

IS CHAIRED BY THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE MS ROSANNA WONG, DR RAYMOND CH'IEN, MRS ELSIE TU,

THE SECRETARY HUI YIN-FAT, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE AND FOR THE TREASURY.

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TAC ENDORSES CITYBUS FARE INCREASE

THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY (TUESDAY) ENDORSES ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO GIVE CITYBUS A FARE INCREASE BY WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 13.4 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER.

THE A

THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE IS LOWER THAN THE 15.5 PER CENT SOUGHT BY THE COMPANY.

WAS MOTOR OF CITYBUS

EXCLUDING THE INCREASE

ROUTES WHICH FOR CROSS-HARBOUR INTRODUCED ON APRIL 1 TOGETHER WITH THE FARE RISE FOR KOWLOON BUS, THE PROPOSED NEW FARES FOR HONG KONG ISLAND ROUTES WOULD GO UP BY A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 14 PER CENT.

THE PROPOSED FARE RISE WILL MEAN THAT ABOUT 85 PER CENT OF DAILY COMMUTERS WILL ONLY PAY 20 TO 50 CENTS MORE PER TRIP.

THE

/AN ANALYSIS