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THE COMMISSION TO BE PAID BY AN EMPLOYER TO AN AGE Y ON SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINING AN EMPLOYEE IS A MATTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT AN OPERATOR MUST DISPLAY
THE FEE SCHEDULES AND HIS LICENCE IN HIS PREMISES.
ANYONE WHO HAS ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MAY CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF SINCERE INSURANCE BUILDING AT 4 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, OR DIAL 5-281035 OR 5-296670.
CHANGES FOR GOODS VEHICLES LICENCE TESTS
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CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR GOODS VEHICLE DRIVING LICENCES WITH TEST APPOINTMENTS ON OR AFTER THE ENACTMENT DATE OF THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 374, WILL HAVE TO OPT EITHER FOR A TEST ON A MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLE OR FOR ONE ON A HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE.
IF CANDIDATES PASS THE HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE DRIVING TEST, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR LICENCES ENDORSED FOR BOTH MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES.
THE NEW LEGISLATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED SOME TIME IN AUGUST, 1984.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (NOVEMBER 20), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, THERE WILL BE THREE CATEGORIES OF DRIVING LICENCES FOR GOODS VEHICLES.
THE THREE CATEGORIES WILL COVER MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES WITH GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT BETWEEN 5.5 TONNES AND 24 TONNES, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES WITH GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OVER 24 TONNÉS BUT NOT EXCEEDING 38 TONNES AND ARTICULATED VEHICLES.
PEOPLE WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE DRIVING LICENCE MUST POSSESS A GOODS VEHICLE (RIGID) LICENCE.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL NOT AFFECT THOSE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN AN ALL GOODS VEHICLE+ TEST APPOINTMENTS AND WHOSE TESTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED BEFORE THE ENACTMENT DATE.
+ IF THEY PASS THE IR TESTS THEY WILL HAVE THEIR DRIVING LICENCES ENDORSED FOR ALL GOODS VEHICLES.
+AND THEY ARE ALSO PERMITTED TO DRIVE ARTICULATED VEHICLES FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ENACTMENT, DURING WHICH TIME THEY MUST TAKE AND PASS AN ARTICULATED VEHICLE DRIVING TEST IF THEY WISH TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE ARTICULATED VEHICLES, + HE SAID.
ALL HOLDERS OF ALL GOODS VEHICLE+ LICENCES VALID ON THE DATE OF ENACTMENT WILL HAVE THEIR LICENCES ENDORSED TO ENABLE THEM TO DRIVE MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE (RIGID) WHEN THEY RENEW THE IR LICENCES.