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SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1975
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S FORM-FILLING SERVICE PROVES POPULAR
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TO SOME PEOPLE, FILLING FORMS MAY SEEM A SOMEWHAT TEDIOUS TASK. BUT FOR 22-YEAR-OLD PERDITA TSUI, IT IS PRACTICALLY A NON-STOP JOB THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
+I AM FILLING ABOUT 300 TO 400 APPLICATION FORMS OF VARIOUS SORTS EACH DAY,+ SHE SAYS.
PERDITA IS ONE OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S CLERICAL STAFF AND THE FIRST - ASSIGNED TO MAN THE FORM-FILLING UNIT AT THE LICENSING OFFICES.
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THE FREE SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT STARTED THE FIRST STAGE OF A COMPUTERISATION PROGRAMME TO TABULATE ALL DRIVER LICENSING RECORDS IN NEW COMPUTERISED FORMS.
THE SERVICE HAS PROVED VERY POPULAR WITH APPLICANTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN FILLING THEIR FORMS.
+USUALLY, WE'RE HANDLING ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATION FORMS, ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE COME TO US FOR RENEWAL OF DRIVING AND VEHICLE LICENCES,+ PERDITA SAYS.
+1 RECKON WE'LL BE KEPT MORE BUSY FROM TOMORROW WHEN THE NEW VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENCE FORMS COME INTO USE IN PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF THE COMPUTERISATION PROGRAMME, SHE ADDS.
WORKLOAD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG AND KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICES CAN BE REFLECTED BY THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES WHICH TOTALLED 190,239 AT THE END OF MAY, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSED DRIVERS WHICH EXCEEDED 403,000.
MR. ALBERT WONG, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LICENSING SECTION, SAYS THE FORM-FILLING SERVICE IS PROVIDED FOR THREE PURPOSES.
ON ONE HAND, HE SAYS, IT HELPS OUT MOTORISTS WHO HAVE A GENUINE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT MINIMISES POSSIBLE DELAYS AT THE LICENSING COUNTERS WHICH COULD BE CAUSED BY IMPROPER FILLING OF FORMS.
PROPER FILLING OF APPLICATION FORMS IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT CORRECT DATA WOULD BE FED INTO THE COMPUTER, HE SAYS.
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