WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1980
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CAR REGISTRATIONS IN APRIL
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NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS IN HONG KONG LAST MONTH (APRIL) TOTALLED 1 885. WITH 840 REGISTRATIONS LAPSING, THE NET INCREASE WAS 1 045.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIVATE CARS REGISTERED AT THE END OF APRIL THIS YEAR WAS 172 780, WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 24 357 (16.4 PER CENT) OVER LAST APRIL'S FIGURE OF 148 427.
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NEW MARINE OFFICE OPENS AT SAI KUNG
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THE SAI KUNG MARINE LICENSING OFFICE WILL ON FRIDAY (MAY 9) MOVE INTO NEWER AND LARGER PREMISES AT 65 MAN NIN STREET, SAI KUNG AND WILL BE RENAMED THE SAI KUNG MARINE OFFICE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE DESCRIPTION LICENSING+ HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE TITLE OF THE NEW OFFICE NOT BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN UP THIS
SERVICE BUT BECAUSE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BROADENED TO AN EXTENT UNFORESEEN 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THE ORIGINAL OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED,
HE HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS INTERNAL REORGANISATION AN EVEN-MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL BOAT PEOPLE.
IN PARTICULAR, THE SMALL CRAFT LICENSING SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST AND PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPING WATER-BORNE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN PORT SHELTER AND ROCKY HARBOUR.
THE NEW OFFICE, WHICH IS THREE TIMES LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE, WILL BE MORE CONVENIENT TO THOSE WHO REQUIRE ITS SERVICES. ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WATERFRONT ALSO MAKES IT BETTER SUITED TO OVERSEE AND PROMOTE WATER SAFETY.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE MR CHUNG PUN WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW OFFICE AT 11 AM ON FRIDAY.
MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES, LEADERS OF FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN SAI KUNG, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO THE CEREMONY.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE NEW SAI KUNG MARINE OFFICE AT 65 MAN NIN STREET, SAI KUNG, AT 11 AM ON FRIDAY (MAY 9).
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