THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1984
ONE TENDER FORM MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR ANY NUMBER OF TAXI LICENCES NOT EXCEEDING 300 IN THE CASE OF URBAN TAXIS AND 150 IN THE CASE OF NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS.
A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF TENDERS WHICH OFFER THE SAME UNIT PREMIUM.
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS, TOGETHER WITH ORIGINAL DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, SHOULD 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, JULY 20, 1984.
LICENCE REMINDER ON PLB'S ***
APPLICATION FORMS FOR PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCES, ISSUED TO ALL REGISTERED OPERATORS OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND GRANTEES OF MAXICAB SERVICES IN MAY THIS YEAR, HAVE LARGELY BEEN RETURNED TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION.
THE LICENCES ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, AND ABOUT 2 800 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED PLB AND MAXICAB OPERATORS TODAY THAT COMPLETED FORMS MUST BE RETURNED BEFORE JULY 11, 1984 SO THAT PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCES CAN BE ISSUED TO THEM BEFORE THE NEW REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE IN LATE AUGUST.
ANY OPERATOR WHO HAS DIFFICULTY IN COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORMS MAY APPROACH THE PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE THE SECTION AT 5-249418.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FOR MAXICAB SERVICES, A PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCE WILL BE ISSUED ONLY TO THE GRANTEE OF THE MAXICAB SERVICE. OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE SERVICE BY CONTRIBUTING THEIR VEHICLES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PARTNERS.
HOWEVER, THE PARTNERS' VEHICLES CAN BE TAKEN OUT FROM THE MAXICAB SERVICE ON THE REQUEST OF EITHER THE GRANTEE OR THE PARTNER. THESE VEHICLES CAN ALSO BE USED AS PLB'S UPON THE ISSUE OF A SEPARATE PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCE, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
HE ADDED THAT THE GRANTEE OF A MAXICAB SERVICE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY PARTNER AS LONG AS HE CAN MAINTAIN THE LEVEL AND STANDARD OF SERVICE REQUIRED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
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