TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1980
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THE HON ANDREW SO WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT CIVIL SERVICE DISPUTES AND INDICATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED AND WHETHER EARLY PEACEFUL SETTLEMENTS ARE IN SIGHT.
OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED CONCERN POSSESSION AND USE OF FIRE-ARMS BY OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS, THE NEED FOR AN EXHIBITION CENTRE, REFUSE COLLECTING VEHICLES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. FRINGE BENEFITS FOR MARRIED FEMALE OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, CONTROL OF ELECTRIC AND OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING IN PUBLIC PLACES, REMOVAL OF BROKEN-DOWN AND ABANDONED VEHICLES, ADOPTION OF UNIFORM CHINESE TITLES FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS BILL.
ISSUE OF 300 MORE TAXI LICENCES *****
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE INVITING TENDERS FOR A FURTHER BATCH OF 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 18).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT TENDER FORMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM FRIDAY FROM EITHER THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, MEZZANINE FLOOR, MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, OR FROM THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, DUNDAS STREET.
HE SAID THAT TENDER FORMS FOR THIS EXERCISE WOULD BE IN PINK COLOUR AND ADVISED INTENDING TENDERERS NOT TO USE ANY OTHER TYPE OF FORMS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY, AS OTHERWISE THEIR TENDERS MAY BE DECLARED VOID.
AS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE HONG KONG OR KOWLOON TAXI.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCE BUT NOT EXCEEDING 300. THE TENDERER MAY ALSO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE TENDER FORM, BUT IF A SINGLE TENDER FORM IS SUBMITTED FOR MORE THAN ONE LICENCE THEN THE PREMIUM OFFERED FOR EACH LICENCE MUST BE THE SAME.
HE ADDED: IF THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LICENCES IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER REQUIRED BY A TENDERER THEN A SMALLER NUMBER OF LICENCES MAY BE ALLOCATED TO HIM AS APPROPRIATE.+
A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS IF THE UNIT PREMIA WHICH THEY HAVE OFFERED ARE IDENTICAL.
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COMPLETED TENDER FORMS TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN A SEALED ENVELOPE, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX AT THE ENTRANCE HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE 12 NOON ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
/LATE TENDERS