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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977
JUMBO PASSPORTS ISSUED TO FREQUENT TRAVELLERS
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APPLICANTS FOR A 94 PAGE (JUMBO) PASSPORT MUST SATISFY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION THAT THEY NEED TO TRAVEL FREQUENTLY AND WOULD FILL THE 30 PAGES OF A STANDARD PASSPORT SUFFICIENTLY QUICKLY, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WHETHER SUCH PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED TO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE WITHIN THE PRECEDING TWO YEARS USED UP ALL PAGES OF AN EXISTING PASSPORT.
MR. DAVIES SAID THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT MIGHT HAVE GAINED A MISLEADING IMPRESSION FROM AN ENQUIRY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT 1,025 OF THE 'JUMBO PASSPORTS HAD BEEN ISSUED AND IT WAS INTENDED TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO THE IR AVAILABILITY WHEN APPLICATION FORMS ARE NEXT REPRINTED.
*THEY WILL NORMALLY BE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL FREQUENTLY, HE SAID.
STUDY ON PLE SPEED LIMIT
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY HE AGREED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK INTO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A SPEED LIMIT FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.
HE SAID HE HAS ASKED THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT TO EXAMINE THE QUESTION. AFTER HE HAS CONSIDERED THE COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY WOULD BE MADE KNOWN.
MR. JONES WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. S.L. CHEN ON THE IMPOSITION OF A SPEED LIMIT ON PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES OPERATING IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO SPEED LIMIT FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN PUBLIC OMNIBUSES AND GOODS VEHICLES 1 EXCESS OF TWO TONS.
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