FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1980.
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2 000 SCHOOL VAN APPLICATION FORMS ISSUED
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SINCE WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 13), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED MORE THAN 2 000 APPLICATION FORMS FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE PRIVATE CARS AND VANS TO TAKE CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
ONE THOUSAND FORMS WERE ISSUED TO THE YOUNG CHILDREN SCHOOL MINIBUS ASSOCIATION.
COMMENTING ON PRESS REPORTS AFTER YESTERDAY'S (THURSDAY) MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION, SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR CHIU PAT-YEE, SAID THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT RELAX THE RULE REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO PROVE THAT THEY SERVE SCHOOLS, NOR WOULD THE ASSOCIATION BE GRANTED PRIORITY FOR ITS APPLICATIONS.
+APPLICANTS MUST HAVE WRITTEN PROOF OF THEIR LINKS WITH SCHOOLS FROM THE SCHOOL CONCERNED,+ SAID MR CHIU, +AND ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED EQUALLY.
+ IF MORE THAN 2 000 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A BALLOT, HE SAID.
HANG HAU TEACHERS INVITED FOR SURPLUS SAI KUNG FLATS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM TEACHERS WORKING IN HANG HAU, IN SA? KUNG DISTRICT, TO PURCHASE SURPLUS HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME FLATS.
NINE FLATS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE TEACHERS, 17 HAVING BEEN SOLD WHEN SIMILAR APPLICATIONS WERE INVITED LAST YEAR.
THE SURPLUS AROSE BECAUSE SOME OF THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, FOR WHOM THEY WERE BUILT, CHOSE TO TAKE CASH COMPENSATION INSTEAD OF A FLAT.
EACH FLAT MEASURES 64 SQUARE METRES WITH PRICES RANGING FROM $215 000 TO $225 000,
SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR COLIN BOSHER, SAID THAT FULL TIME TEACHERS WORKING IN GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS SITUATED SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF HIRAM'S HIGHWAY AND CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD IN SAI KUNG WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
HOWEVER, HE ADDED, APPLICANTS MUST HAVE TAUGHT IN THE SAI KUNG AREA FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS- BE UNDER 56 YEARS OF AGE, AND NOT OWN ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
+ANOTHER CONDITION OF SALE IS THAT A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SELL THE FLAT ON THE OPEN MARKET FOR FIVE YEARS, MR BOSHER SAID,
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