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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1983
TENDERS BEING INVITED FOR MORE TAXI LICENCES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE INVITING TENDERS FOR A HER 301 URBAN TAXI LICENCES AND 150 NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TENDER FORMS FOR THE 451 TAXI LICENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION TOMORROW (THURSDAY), FROM EITHER THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR OF THE MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, CENTRAL, OR THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE AT DUNDAS STREET, MONG KOK.
BLUE TENDER FORMS WILL BE USED FOR URBAN TAXI LICENCES AND WHITE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+PROSPECTIVE TENDERERS CANNOT USE ANY OTHER FORMS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
TENDERERS MUST DEPOSIT $25 000 WITH THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING SERVICES FOR EACH URBAN TAXI LICENCE AND $15 000 FOR EACH NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCE.
THE TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ANY NUMBER OF TAXI LICENCES NOT EXCEEDING 301 FOR THE URBAN AREA AND 150 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF TENDERERS WHO OFFER THE SAME UNIT PREMIUM.
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS, TOGETHER WITH ORIGINAL DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, MUST BE SUBMITTED IN DUPLICATE IN SEALED ENVELOPES, ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE TENDER BOX ON THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (EAST WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1983.
SCHOOLS URGED TO REVIEW EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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THE ROLE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IS COMPLEMENTARY TO CLASSROOM TEACHING AND BOTH CONTRIBUTE TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF PUPILS' PERSONALITY, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY.
MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. ABOUT 200 HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
MANY SCHOOLS' EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES HAD TENDED JUST TO GROW RATHER THAN TO BE INTRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOME OVERALL PLAN. HE SAID.
/+I WOULD