FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1979
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UNTIL DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ARE COMPLETED, HE SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCLOSE FURTHER DETAILS OF THE NEW PROPOSALS.
AS REGARDS THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SCHEMES, THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS AND NO FIRM COMMITMENT COULD BE MADE AT THIS STAGE.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR APRIL 1979
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 1979, SHOW A SURPLUS OF $269.5 MILLION COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF $266.2 MILLION IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE, AT $726.2 MILLION, WAS $192.3 MILLION MORE THAN IN APRIL 1978.
TOTAL REVENUE AND RECEIPTS, AT $995.7 MILLION, WERE $195.6 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
RESULTS OF LATEST TENDER FOR 300 URBAN TAXI LICENCES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED PROCESSING THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES.
A TOATL OF 1,267 TENDERS SEEKING A TOTAL OF 1,690 TAXI LICENCES HAD BEEN RECEIVED WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON JUNE 29. THE HIGHEST TENDER WAS $229,800 AND THE LOWEST ACCEPTABLE BID WAS $213,188.
DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS OFFERED ARE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE AVERAGE PREMIUM IN THE LATEST TENDER EXERCISE WAS $219,912 COMPARED WITH THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $208,572 IN THE PREVIOUS TENDER IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT LETTERS WOULD BE GOING OUT TODAY TO SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THAT THE FIRST OF THE 300 TAXIS WOULD BE INSPECTED NEXT MONTH. ALL 300 TAXIS SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD BY THE END OF OCTOBER.