TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1977
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FIRST ANNUAL N.T. TAXI INSPECTION
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED OWNERS OF NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS THAT THE IR VEHICLES MUST BE MECHANICALLY INSPECTED AS A PRE-REQUISITE TO RE-LICENSING.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE FIRST SUCH INSPECTIONS WERE DUE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
HE SAID: +RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING VEHICLE INSPECTION
NO LETTERS WILL BE APPOINTMENTS RESTS WITH THE OWNERS. SENT BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT OWNERS COULD MAKE APPOINTMENTS
UP TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THEIR CURRENT
LICENCES BY CALLING IN PERSON AT THE VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE IN LONG YUET STREET, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON.
LICENCE FOR H.K. COMMODITY EXCHANGE LTD.
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IT HAD APPROVED THE APPLICATION BY THE HONG KONG COMMODITY EXCHANGE LIMITED FOR A LICENCE TO OPERATE A COMMODITY EXCHANGE.
THE LICENCE IS A CONTINUOUS ONE, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS.
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