WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993
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LIMITATION ON PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES NUMBER
A MOTION UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE ON THE LIMITATION OF THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR K Y YEUNG SAID THE MOTION PROPOSED THAT THE PERIOD LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES REGISTERED BE EXTENDED FOR TWO YEARS UP TO JUNE 20, 1995.
MR YEUNG SAID THE EFFECT OF THIS EXTENSION WAS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH MIGHT BE REGISTERED AND LICENSED
AS PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WOULD REMAIN AT 4,350 AS DECIDED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON JUNE 10, 1986.
THE
FLIGHT IN MISREADING
(TIM).
THE
PASSPORT INCIDENT ARISEN FROM MANUAL MISREADING
INCIDENT OF A HONG KONG FAMILY BEING REFUSED TO BOARD A GERMANY BOUND FOR VANCOUVER MAY HAVE ARISEN FROM A OF THE LATEST EDITION OF THE TRAVEL INFORMATION MANUAL
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ASKED THE MANUAL EDITORS TO CLARIFY THE INFORMATION IN THE MANUAL, AND ΤΟ MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BN (0) PASSPORT HOLDERS ENJOY VISA-FREE ACCESS TO CANADA.
THE TIM IS PRODUCED FOR AIRPORT STAFF BY A NUMBER OF AIRLINF COMPANIES WHICH SETS OUT WORLDWIDE CUSTOMS AND VISA REQUIREMENTS.
"THE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ALSO TAKEN ACTION TO CLARIFY THE MR ASPREY SAID WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS
"
SITUATION, SELINA CHOW.
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MAY 10 AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT AND INVOLVED A FAMILY OF THREE: THE FATHER, THE MOTHER, AND THEIR TWO- YEAR-OLD SON, EACH HOLDING A DIFFERENT FORM OF HONG KONG TRAVEL DOCUMENT.
MR. ASPREY SAID THIS APPARENTLY CONFUSED THE STAFF AT THE AIRPORT. THE FATHER, HOLDING A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY, NEEDED, AND HAD, A VISA FOR CANADA; NEITHER THE MOTHER NOR SON NEEDED VISAS FOR CANADA, AS THE FORMER HELD A HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN (BDTC) PASSPORT AND THE CHILD HELD A BNO PASSPORT.
HE SAID THE AIRPORT STAFF APPARENTLY ASSUMED THAT IF THE FATHER NEEDED A VISA, SO TOO WOULD THE WIFE AND SON.
/THE WIFE