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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1984
THE SYSTEM HAS AN ULTIMATE CAPABILITY OF CONTROLLING ABOUT 500 SIGNALLED ROAD JUNCTIONS. IT WILL PROVIDE PRIORITY FACILITIES FOR FIRE ENGINES AND OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV SYSTEM
NDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HONG KONG BECAME THE FIRST USER OF COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROL IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHEN THE WEST KOWLOON TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM CAME INTO OPERATION IN 1977, CONTROLLING ABOUT 80 JUNCTIONS IN THE WESTERN CORRIDOR BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND LAI CHI KOK.
THE SYSTEM HAS SINCE BEEN EXPANDED AND NOW CONTROLS OVER 300 JUNCTIONS IN KOWLOON AND THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
PLB LICENCES READY FOR COLLECTION
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (AUGUST 8) THAT PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES (NON-SCHEDULED SERVICE) ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION.
NOTIFICATION LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS BY BATCHES. APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED TO PAY THEIR FEES EITHER AT THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, 2 MURRAY ROAD, HONG KONG OR THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, 9TH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE.
AFTER PAYMENT, THEY SHOULD APPROACH THE PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION TOGETHER WITH THE PAYMENT RECEIPT FOR COLLECTION OF THEIR LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES.
+PLB OPERATORS WHO HAVE NOT YET RETURNED THEIR APPLICATION FORMS FOR PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCE SHOULD DO SO BEFORE AUGUST 15, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ISSUE THEM WITH PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCES BEFORE THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE LATER THIS MONTH,+ A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+NEW PLB OPERATORS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED WITH ANY APPLICATION FORMS FOR PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPROACH THE HONG KONG PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION AT ROOMS 906-909, HUTCHISON HOUSE, BRINGING THEIR REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS OF THEIR PLBS, HE SAID.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, CALL TEL. NO. 5-249418 OR 5-228624.
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