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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1986
HE SAID TODAY THAT PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM AND THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME WOULD BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM WORLDWIDE.
AFTER THE MEETING, MR WOODHOUSE WILL VISIT LONDON AND WASHINGTON TO MEET MEMBERS OF RESETTLEMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR WOODHOUSE WILL MEET THE MEDIA AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS' TIME. DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
FIXED PENALTY REGULATIONS GAZETTED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) GAZETTED THE FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1986 IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS SCHEME WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN JULY THIS YEAR.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, DRIVERS WILL INCUR THREE POINTS FOR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT BY MORE THAN 15 KPH, FIVE POINTS FOR EXCEEDING THE LIMIT BY MORE THAN 30 KPH AND EIGHT POINTS FOR EXCEEDING THE LIMIT BY MORE THAN 45 KPH.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THESE REGULATIONS SHOULD HAVE
THAT BEEN MADE AND BROUGHT INTO OPERATION ON JULY 28 THIS YEAR, IS, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE TO THE FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ORDINANCE BUT DID NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE SINCE, DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT, THEY WERE NOT GAZETTED.
+HOWEVER, THE DELAY IN MAKING THESE REGULATIONS AND BRINGING THEM INTO OPERATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS INCURRED IN THE MEANTIME UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS) ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
RATEPAYERS REMINDED TO PAY FOURTH QUARTER RATES
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RATEPAYERS ARE REMINDED THAT RATES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 MUST BE PAID BY 4 PM ON OCTOBER 31.
/A SPOKESMAN