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July 31, 1985 = News 985-2131

SIX NORTH Shore businessmen trapped in the
Ugandan capital of Kampala after a military coup

THE BEACHES are open, the sun is

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

shining and school is out. What more could two boys ask for, Not much, ab-

viously. These two young water babies enjoy frolicking in the surf at Ambleside, one of life's more simpler pleasures.

over the weekend are safe.

| By BARRETT FISHER |

Former Ugandan MP
Sherali Bandali Jaffer, who
lives in West Vancouver,
said Tuesday, at least five
North Vancouver and one
West Vancouver
businessmen, who returned
to the country to reclaim
property lost to them during
the reign of Idi Amin, are
out of danger.

“The British commis-
sioner in Kampala announc-
ed last night that so far the
Canadians are safe,’’ Jaffer
said. ‘‘And news has come
through by telephone, by
relatives in Kenya and by
telex.”

The military ousting of
president Milten Obote
caused the political upheaval

— including shooting,
looting, a 24-hour curfew
which expired Sunday and
was replaced by a dusk to
dawn curfew, and the clos-
ing down of all Ugandan
borders, Jaffer said.

0 Okello

The closing down of
borders is nothing new in
Sea Businessmen

A DECISION by the Motor Carrier Commission
(MCC) has flung wide the doors of open com-
petition for the North Shore taxi business.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

In granting an application
by North Vancouver’s Sun-
shine Cabs Lid. to drop the
luxury cab restriction that
was an integral part of the
company's original und suc-
cessful 1981 application to
operate a 25-ficence luxury
cab service on the North
Shore, the MCC stated the
overriding factor in its deci-
sion was a concern for the
public and a ‘desire that an
excellent and competitive
taxi cab service is provided
tothe North Shore.”*

Commenting on the deci-
sion, Sunshine president
Richard Hughes said Mon-
day, ‘‘We are delighted. The
MCC has cleared the way to
let che best taxi service sur-
vive. We wanted all along to
compete head-on and now
we can without any restric.
tions of any kind, The deci-
sion opens up the whole
area, and the consumer will
reap the benefits.”

Sunshine made its original
application to have its hixury
restriction removed in
November 1984. It was