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Since the Lantau Link provides the only vehicular access to Lantau, the Transport Study for the New Airport commissioned by the Transport Department has recommended that taxi passengers using the Lantau Link should pay a double toll irrespective of their direction so as to ensure that taxi drivers are not out of pocket if they do not have any passengers on the return journey.

Both urban and NT taxis will be permitted to serve the Ground Transportation Centre of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok. They will be charged the same toll for using the Lantau Link.

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Enrolment in special schools

Following is a question by the Hon Tse Wing-ling and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

whether there are shortfalls in the intake of student in various types of special schools, if so, what the reasons are, and provide a breakdown of the ratios between the number of students admitted and the number of school places in the various types of special schools; and

(b)

whether it has estimated the number of students who need to attend special schools but have not enrolled in such schools?

Reply:

Mr President,

(a)

The enrolment situations in various categories of special schools as at September 1996 are detailed as follows:

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