MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1987
NOTICE OF LICENCE REVOCATION SENT TO TRAVEL AGENCY
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT IT HAD SENT A NOTICE TO AUSTRAVEL CO. LTD. STATING THAT IT INTENDED TO REVOKE THE COMPANY'S TRAVEL AGENCY LICENCE.
THE REGISTRAR OF TRAVEL AGENTS, MR N. H. YEUNG, SAID THAT THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY HAD SEVEN DAYS IN WHICH TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE REVOCATION
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HE ADDED THAT CLIENTS REGISTERED WITH THE AGENCY WERE ADVISED TO REPORT TO THE POLICE STATION IN THE AREA WHERE THEIR TRAVEL PURCHASE WAS MADE.
IN EXPLAINING THE PROCEDURE IN SUCH CASES, MR YEUNG SAID A FULL INVESTIGATION HAD TO BE MADE BY THE POLICE AND WOULD LARGELY BE BASED ON COMPLAINTS FILED BY CLIENTS OF THE COMPANY.
HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LATEST PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVEL AGENCIES AND IT WOULD CONSIDER CONDUCTING ITS OWN REVIEW INTO THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING LEGISLATION.
PRAISE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS
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TWO INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT ENGINEERS SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THEY WERE HIGHLY IMPRESSED BY THE MAGNITUDE AND COMPLEXITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN HONG KONG.
MR G. ROBERTS AND MR J.C. MCKENZIE, THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ICE) RESPECTIVELY, MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER VISITING MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS AND ATTENDING BRIEFINGS BY SENIOR STAFF OF THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS.
HERE ON A TWO-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT, THE TWO MEN TODAY VISITED THE EASTERN HAR BOUR CROSSING CONSTRUCTION SITE, VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN SHA TIN, THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AND WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT ROAD PROJECT.
/MR ROBERTS