WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990
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APPLICATION BY POST CAN SAVE TIME
DRIVERS AND VEHICLES OWNERS CAN AVOID HAVING TO QUEUE UP AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES IF THEY APPLY TO RENEW THEIR LICENCES BY POST.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS POSTAL APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF DRIVING LICENCES, LEARNER'S DRIVING LICENCES AND VEHICLE LICENCES; THE ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS AND THE TRANSFER OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP.
POSTAL APPLICATIONS, ACCOMPANIED BY RELEVANT FORMS, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATE FEES IN CHEQUES, SHOULD BE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL TO P.0. BOX 69511, KWUN TONG POST OFFICE.
APPLICATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LEARNER'S DRIVING LICENCE OR DRIVING TEST SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY POST TO P.0. BOX 73323, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED ON THE DAY THEY ARE RECEIVED. NORMALLY LICENCES WILL BE SENT то THE APPLICANTS BY REGISTERED MAIL WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS.
THE LICENSING OFFICES ARE USUALLY MORE CROWDED DURING THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH MONTH
ON EXTREMELY BUSY DAYS, THE FOUR LICENSING OFFICES WILL ADOPT A QUOTA SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.
UNDER THE SYSTEM, APPLICANTS ARE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT DISC A SPECIFIED TIME TO HAND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS. THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE HANDED OUT ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.
FOR DISCS
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE QUOTA SYSTEM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WHENEVER IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE LICENSING OFFICES.
"IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE QUOTA SYSTEM HAD BEEN ADOPTED ON AN AD HOC BASIS TO ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE LESS BUSY PERIODS OF THE MONTH," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THOSE WHO WISH TO RENEW THEIR LICENCES THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR LICENCES EXPIRE. THEY CAN APPLY ANY TIME DURING THE FOUR-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE EXPIRY.
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