THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985
12
NEW ENQUIRY CENTRE OPENING
****
A NEW PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE SERVING RESIDENTS IN FANLING.
THE LOCATED AT CHEUNG CHUNG HOUSE IN CHEUNG WAH ESTATE, CENTRE WILL PROVIDE SERVICES, SUCH AS ADMINISTERING STATUTORY DECLARATIONS, GIVING ADVICE ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES, DISTRIBUTING GOVERNMENT FORMS AND INFORMATION LEAFLETS, AND DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS AND FREE LEGAL ADVICE BY LAWYERS FROM THE HONG KONG LAW SOCIETY.
THE CENTRE WILL OPEN BETWEEN 8.45 AM AND 5.15 PM FROM MONDAY
THE TELEPHONE TO FRIDAY, AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS. NUMBER FOR THE CENTRE IS 0-908747.
APART FROM THIS NEW CENTRE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER CENTRES SERVING RESIDENTS IN NORTH DISTRICT AT CHOI YUEN ESTATE AND SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEUNG SHUI.
TAXI TENDER RESULTS OUT TOMORROW
*****
DETAILS OF THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 100 URBAN, ONE NEW TERRITORIES AND 10 LANTAU TAXI LICENCES, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TOMORROW.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT 343 TENDERS FOR THE 100 URBAN TAXI LICENCES HAD BEEN RECEIVED WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON JANUARY 18.
THE HIGHEST TENDER ACCEPTED WAS $201 000, AND THE LOWEST $196 189.
THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $199 255.92 WAS 20.84 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS FIGURE.
TWENTY-TWO TENDERS WERE LODGED FOR THE SINGLE NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCE. THE SUCCESSFUL BID WAS $25 000, WHICH WAS 181.98 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS PRICE.
TWENTY-FOUR TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE TEN LANTAU TAXI
LICENCES.
THE HIGHEST ACCEPTED BID WAS $25 100, AND THE LOWEST $8 800.
THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $18 400 WAS 34 PER CENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS ONE.
/13