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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977
ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO.3)
BILL 1977 INTRODUCED IN LESCO *****
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO AMEND A SCHEDULE LISTING THE COUNTRIES, WHOSE DRIVING TESTS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF A STANDARD AT LEAST AS HIGH AS IN HONG KONG, BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR WAS INTRODUCED
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) BILL 1977, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES SAID THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL WAS TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF HONG KONG DRIVING LICENCES, WITHOUT A TEST, TO THE HOLDERS OF CERTAIN OVERSEAS DRIVING LICENCES.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, ACTING WITHIN THE POWERS CONFERRED UNDER EXISTING LAW, HAD BEEN ISSUING HONG KONG DRIVING LICENCES TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO CAN PROVE THAT THEY HOLD CURRENT DRIVING LICENCES ISSUED BY A LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE DRIVING LICENCES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF A STANDARD AT LEAST AS HIGH AS IN HONG KONG, MR. JONES SAID.
+THIS ACTION, HOWEVER, INVOLVES THE EXERCISE OF A CERTAIN DISCRETION ON THE COMM ISS IONER'S PART IN DECIDING WHICH COUNTRIES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST, HE ADDED.
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