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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1987
ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE AT PRESENT ARE EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTLY
OVER 115 ELECTRONICS FACTORIES WHICH OWNED BY OVERSEAS INTEREST IN 1986. THEY EMPLOY THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.
AROUND ONE-THIRD OF
EMPLOYING
KONG'S TOTAL
ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 1,691
OR 10 PER CENT OF HONG A TOTAL OF 89,401 WORKERS - EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
PRIVATE CAR INSPECTION SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED
THE
TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT'S
PRIVATE CAR
INSPECTION SCHEME, CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY DESIGNATED CAR TESTING CENTRES (DCTCS) IN THE
EXTENDED ΤΟ
FIVE-YEAR-OLD CARS COVER PRIVATE SECTOR, WILL BE LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES NOT EXCEEDING 1.9 TONNES GROSS.
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT,
OF THE ROTARY CLUB KOWLOON SO, AT A LUNCHEON MEETING (WEDNESDAY).
MR SO SAID THAT THE PLANS TO EXTEND THE PRIVATE CAR SCHEME WOULD BE SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES.
AND
MR JAMES WEST TODAY
INSPECTION
THE SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN
CARS OVER SIX YEARS OLD TO
EARLY 1986, REQUIRES ALL PRIVATE BE INSPECTED BY DCTCS
ABOUT ANNUALLY. 42,000 INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR.
THE REMAIN
ADVANCED COUNTRIES то ENSURE THREE YEARS OLD. FOR VEHICLE
"IT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN MOST THAT CARS ARE EXAMINED ANNUALLY ONCE THEY ARE OVER
OBJECTIVE LONG-TERM WHILST THIS MAY EXAMINATIONS IN HONG KONG, IT IS PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE THIS GRADUALLY.
"THE NEXT STEP WILL THEREFORE BE AN INCREASE BY ONE YEAR AND ENVISAGE THAT THIS WILL START SOON,
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MR SO SAID.
I
GOODS VEHICLES WAS HAD SHOWN THAT
MEANWHILE, THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF LIGHT DEEMED NECESSARY BECAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS THESE VEHICLES WERE A HIGH RISK CATEGORY,
WITH A
SOME
BY CONCENTRATING INITIALLY ON VANS OVER FIVE YEARS OLD GROSS VEHICLES WEIGHT OF UP TO 1.9 TONNES, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 3,000 INSPECTIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE DCTCS IN 1988.
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