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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1980
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCES, BUT NOT EXCEEDING 300. THE TENDERER MAY ALSO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONÉ 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 OFFERED ARE IDENTICAL.
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT RECEIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX IN 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, APRIL 11.
LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WOULD BE ISSUED TAXI LICENCES AT
THE RATE OF 100 PER MONTH STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF JUNE WITH THE HIGHEST TENDERS RECEIVING PRIORITY.
GRAHAM BARNES TO SUCCEED JOHN WALDEN AS DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR JOHN WALDEN, WILL RETIRE FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1980. HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR GRAHAM BARNES, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
MR WALDEN, AGED 55, HAS BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR 28 YEARS. HE JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS IN 1952 AND SERVED ALTOGETHER IN SEVEN DEPARTMENTS.
HIS APPOINTMENTS HAVE INCLUDED DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS IN 1977 AND HAS ACTED AS SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS ON MANY OCCASIONS. HE HAS SERVED ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE SEPTEMBER 1977.
MR BARNES IS AGED 45. HE WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN DECEMBER 1958, AND HAS SERVED IN THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION. HE JOINED THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS BRANCH, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN 1971. HIS POSTING IN THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH MR BARNES HAS SPECIALISED IN LAND ADMINISTRATION. MR BARNES SPEAKS BOTH CANTONESE AND MANDARIN,
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MR JOHN TODD, AGED 51, WILL SUCCEED MR BARNES AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. MR TODD HAD BEEN DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS UNTIL DECEMBER 1979 WHEN HE WENT ON LEAVE.
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