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RESULTS OF LATEST TENDER FOR URBAN TAXI LICENCES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 397 TENDERS SEEKING 500 URBAN TAXI LICENCES WHEN THE OFFER FOR 331 LICENCES CLOSED ON APRIL 3.
THE HIGHEST TENDER WAS $281 000 AND THE LOWEST ACCEPTABLE BID WAS $261 000.
NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS OFFERED WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE AVERAGE PREMIUM IN THE LATEST TENDER EXERCISE WAS $267 957, COMPARED WITH AN AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $244 066,29 IN JANUARY 1981, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 9.79 PER CENT.
HE ADDED THAT LETTERS WOULD BE GOING OUT TOMORROW TO SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THAT THE FIRST OF THE 331 TAXIS COULD BE INSPECTED IN JUNE 1981.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
KWUN TONG DB TO VISIT TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN
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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL TOUR THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN ON SATURDAY (APRIL 25).
THEY WILL VISIT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THE TEMPORARY CLUB HOUSE OF THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD'S TEMPORARY SPORTS GROUND.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VISIT. A COACH WILL LEAVE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES BUILDING CARPARK, TUNG YAN STREET, KWUN TONG AT 9 AM SHARP. STAFF OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (KWUN TONG) WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
SAI KUNG BROWNIE PACKS FORMED
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SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU WILL FORM TWO BROWNIE PACKS IN JUNE TO PROVIDE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 11.
THE PACKS ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION WITH SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD SPONSORSHIP.
EACH PACK WILL CONSIST OF 38 MEMBERS.
THEY WILL HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AT HANG HAU KWONG PUI SCHOOL AND ST. VINCENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, DURING WHICH ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE FOLK-DANCING, SINGING AND ART WORK.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE. CHILDREN INTERESTED MUST SUBMIT APPLICATIONS BY MAY 10.