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Friday, March 16, 1973
At present, for a private car driving licence, the waiting
time for the written test is 11 months in Hong Kong and 16 months in
Kowloon,
The waiting time for a private car road test is about three
months, but this is likely to lengthen when the accelerated testing
programe finishes at the end of this month.
For applicants for road tests for goods vehicles and public
omnibuses, the delay is considerably longer.
The spokesman said it was inappropriate that the total period
to get a private car driving licence should be well over one year and
for other categories of vehicles much longer.
"The main reason for this delay," he said, "lies in the large
numbers of applicants who have no real need for a licence and are simply
lengthening the queue.
"It is too early to assess results properly, but the first
indications are that the increase in fees from March 1 may have reduced
the number of applications by nearly a half."
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