FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1979
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REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF GOODS VEHICLES
EFFECTIVE TOMORROW
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REMINDED REGISTERED OWNERS OF GOODS VEHICLES TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE NEW REQUIREMENT FOR GOODS VEHICLES EXAMINATION WOULD COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
UNDER THE REQUIREMENT, ALL GOODS VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN OR BEFORE 1970 AND WHOSE LICENCES ARE DUE TO EXPIRE ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR ARE TO BE EXAMINED ANNUALLY AT THE KOWLOON BAY VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE IN HOI BUN ROAD, NGAU TAU KOK.
*THE AIM OF SUCH EXAMINATIONS IS TO ENSURE THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE IN A SOUND MECHANICAL CONDITION, THUS REDUCING THE RISK OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND BREAKDOWNS' THAT CAUSE CONGESTION TO OTHER TRAFFIC,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID,
+REGISTERED OWNERS OF GOODS VEHICLES IN THE SPECIFIED CATEGORY WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES RELICENSED AT ANY TIME DURING THE PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF EXPIRY OF THEIR LICENCES CAN APPLY FOR EXAMINATION AT THE KOWLOON BAY CENTRE FROM TOMORROW,+ HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT FAILURE TO SECURE AN EARLY EXAMINATION BEFORE THE VEHICLE LICENCE EXPIRES ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR WOULD RESULT IN THE VEHICLE BEING PUT OFF THE ROAD ON EXPIRY OF THE LICENCE DATE.
THE $6 MILLION, EIGHT-LANE, SEMI-AUTOMATED KOWLOON BAY CENTRE WILL HAVE TWO LANES IN OPERATION FROM TOMORROW,
WHEN FULLY UTILISED BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE CENTRE WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE ABOUT 80 000 VEHICLES EACH YEAR.
MR. JUSTICE MCMULLIN APPOINTED JUSTICE OF APPEAL
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF THE HON. MR. JUSTICE MCMULLIN TO BE A JUSTICE OF APPEAL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR. JUSTICE MCMULLIN WILL FILL THE VACANCY FOR A THIRD JUSTICE OF APPEAL. THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF WORK IN THE COURT OF APPEAL WHICH HAS NECESSITATED THE APPOINTMENT OF A FURTHER JUSTICE OF APPEAL.
THIS APPOINTMENT IS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DECISION WHICH HAS BEEN MADE THAT THERE WILL BE TWO DIVISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEAL SITTING FROM OCTOBER 1979 ONWARDS.
MR. JUSTICE