MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1993
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TRANSFUSION
SERVICE HAS ALSO
BLOOD THE HONG KONG RED CROSS SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,324,255 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED 29 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE,
ROAD TEST REPEATERS CAN APPLY FOR EMPTY SLOTS
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AND
ROAD TEST REPEATERS
CAN APPLY FOR EMPTY SLOTS CREATED FROM POSTPONEMENTS STARTING FROM DECEMBER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE SLOTS WOULD BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
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"THE ARRANGEMENT IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC,
HE SAID.
EXCEPT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A TEST FORM, NO EXTRA FEE WILL RE CHARGED FOR THE APPLICATION. THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICANTS HAD TO APPLY IN PERSON AT THE DRIVING TEST SECTION.
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THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG THE ORIGINAL COPY OF THEIR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, A COPY
THEIR PREVIOUS TEST RESULT OR PARTICULARS OF DRIVING TEST.
APPLICATIONS BY AN AGENT SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SLOTS FOR DRIVING TESTS INVOLVING PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL CARS TO BE CONDUCTED IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE HANDLED BY COUNTER 34 OF THE DRIVING TEST SECTION ON NINTH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, DUNDAS STREET, MONG KOK.
TESTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL BE PROCESSED AT COUNTER 1 AT 2 MURRAY ROAD, HONG KONG.
NO SUCH SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE SHA TIN APPOINTMENTS OFFICE AT THIS STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR APPOINTMENTS OBTAINED UNDER THE SCHEME, APPLICATIONS FOR POSTPONEMENT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNLESS FOR HEALTH REASONS, CASE ONLY END-OF-LIST APPOINTMENTS WOULD BE GIVEN.
IN WHICH
FARMING CARNIVAL TO BE STAGED NEXT MONTH
THE
1993 AGRICULTURAL CARNIVAL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WILL BE HELD AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND DURING THE COMING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR FESTIVE SEASON.
THE SPECTACLE WILL RUN FROM DECEMBER 18 TO JANUARY 2. IT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS.
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