Friday, February 22, 1974
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COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCES TO BE ISSUED
Driving licences produced by computer will be issued by the Transport
Department from next Monday (February 25).
However, provisional driving licences and instructors' permits will
continue to be issued in the present format.
During the initial stages, the computer licence will be inserted in
the existing bool:lot-type licence.
This temporary measure will continue until the enactment, within the
next two months or so, of amending legislation which will enable the new licence
to be laminated.
Once the legislation is approved, the laminated licence will be similar
to the Hong Kong identity card, and will be more convenient to carry than the
present one.
A spokesman for the Transport Department said today that the new
computer-produced driving licence being introduced from Monday will not be
issued over the counter. It will be sent to an applicant by recorded postal
delivery after it has been data-processed.
"Applicants should not, therefore, expect the issue or return of
their licence at the counter. This new procedure has been adopted as a counter-
check on the address of the person holding or applying for a licence,
the spokesman added.
For this reason, applicants must ensure that all details on the forms
are correct. At the same time they are encouraged to send in their applications
by post rather than through personal attendance at the licensing offices,
Applications for renewal of driving licences and changes of particulars
on the forms recently introduced can be sent by post or in person to the
Transport Department's Licensing Offices at 2 Murray Road, ground floor, long
Kong, or Pui Ching Road, ground floor, Kowloon.
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