Friday, February 16, 1973
NEW REGULATIONS ON DRIVING TESTS
The Governor in Council has made new regulations enabling the
Commissioner for Transport to cancel a driving test form and refund the
application fee to a candidate.
The regulations, known as the Road Traffic (Driving Licences)
(Amendment) Regulations 1973, are published in today's Government Gazette.
The regulations provide the Commissioner with such powers if he
is satisfied that the candidate has been unable to attend for the test
because it has been cancelled at short notice by the Commissioner or
because of other circumstances beyond his control.
The regulations also provide the Commissioner with authority to
cancel a test form if he considers that it would be contrary to the public
interest to issue to the applicant the class of driving licence applied
for and that the applicant is ineligible to obtain, or is disqualified from
obtaining, a licence.
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WATER INTERRUPTION
Water supply to certain areas in Central will be interrupted
for eight hours from 10 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday).
This is to allow a fresh water connection to be made in Connaught
Road Central at the junction of Man Wan Lane and Cleverly Street.
Premises affected are: Nos. 92-121, Connaught Road Central,
Nos. 197-247, Des Voeux Road Central, the Shun Tak Shipping Co., Ltd., the
Hong Kong Macau Hydrafoil Co., Ltd., the Far East Hydrofoil Co., and the
Immigration Department.
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