Footman

From Sunday, NT taxis to charge less for longer trips

4 Jun 2003

Fares will drop by up to a quarter; urban drivers are watching

A fare cut designed to help boost the ailing New Territories taxi trade will take effect on Sunday.

8:12PM

Commuters urged to leave 10 minutes early for MTR

16 Aug 2002

Tseung Kwan O residents should leave for work up to 10 minutes earlier when the district's new MTR line begins services next week, Commissioner for Transport Robert Footman said.

11:19AM

Tunnel work put back to avoid snarl-ups

29 Nov 2001

New arrangements are being introduced for road surfacing work in the Cross-Harbour Tunnel to reduce the risk of a repeat of this week's peak-hour traffic snarl-up.

7:15AM

Move to boost improvements to taxi services

12 May 1999

A new committee will be created to oversee improvements to the quality of taxi services.

Commissioner for Transport Robert Footman announced the scheme yesterday, but denied the move...

3:51AM

NEXT-DAY DELIVERY AND FRIENDLY SERVICE WITH A SILK ROSE

16 Jul 1997

Next-day delivery for all local letters and maximum queuing times of 10 minutes were two of 11 promises made by Mr Footman (left).

2:22AM

$4.7m compensation for expat officers

15 Jan 1997

Two senior expatriate officers affected by civil service localisation received compensation totalling about $4.7 million, it was disclosed yesterday.

5:55AM

Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Post Office chief named

THE next postmaster-general looks sure to make the mail arrive on time - his current job is head of the Chief Secretary's Efficiency Unit.

4:25PM

Exiting expats to get $22m payout

THE Government will have to pay an estimated $22 million for top expatriate officers who make way for local Chinese because of the sovereignty changeover.

1:20AM