MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1982
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WATER FIGURES ***
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 54.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 312.287 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUIVALENT TO 221 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 230.304 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 39.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
FREE SERVICE FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS OF SECOND-HAND CARS
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FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECENTLY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS AGAIN URGED PEOPLE INTENDING TO BUY SECOND-HAND CARS TO ENSURE BEFOREHAND THAT ALL OUTSTANDING FIXED PENALTIES OR COURT ORDERS HAVE BEEN SETTLED.
+THIS CAN EASILY BE DONE BY CHECKING WITH OUR LICENSING OFFICES WHICH WILL ISSUE CERTIFICATES TO INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE HAS ANY IMPENDING LIABILITIES, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (LICENSING), MR COLLIN PRISTON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THESE CERTIFICATES ARE ISSUED FREE ON APPLICATION, HE ADDED. MR PRISTON WARNED THAT APART FROM OUTSTANDING FIXED PENALTIES A PROSPECTIVE BUYER COULD LAND UP PURCHASING A CAR THAT MAY SOON BE IMPOUNDED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER A SECTION OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, A DRIVER CONVICTED OF USING A VEHICLE FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE OR REWARD, OR SOLICITING FOR HIRE IS LIABLE TO HAVE HIS, OR THE REGISTERED OWNER'S, CAR IMPOUNDED.
IMPOUNDING IS THREE MONTHS FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE AND SIX MONTHS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE IN RESPECT OF THE SAME VEHICLE.
+PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FREE SERVICE BEFORE COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO BUYING A VEHICLE, SINCE THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES LIABLE TO SETTLE OUTSTANDING COURT ORDERS OR EVEN TO HAVING THE VEHICLES IMPOUNDED IF THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE TRANSACTION, MR PRISTON SAID.
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