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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994
FILM CENSORSHIP FEES TO RISE IN OCTOBER
FEES FOR ENTERTAINMENT
CLASSIFICATION
LICENSING AUTHORITY
OF FILMS BY THE
WILL GO UP
TELEVISION 28 FROM OCTOBER
AND THIS
YEAR.
UNDER THE
FILM CENSORSHIP (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1994 THIS FRIDAY, GAZETTED
CHARGES FOR THE ISSUE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE AS WELL AS PACKAGING AND VIEWING OF A VIDEO TAPE OR DISC WILL ALSO BE REVISED FROM THE SAME DATE.
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LASER
THE NEW FEES WILL BE $68 PER MINUTE FOR CENSORSHIP OF THE WITH AND $20 FOR CENSORSHIP OF A STILL FILM, COMPARED LEVELS OF $62 PER MINUTE AND $18 RESPECTIVELY.
THE
FEE CENSORSHIP
CLASSIFICATION
A FILM PRESENT
CENSORSHIP
FOR A STILL FILM EXEMPTED FROM WILL BE INCREASED FROM $25 TO $28, AND THE FEE FOR OTHER FILMS EXEMPTED FROM CLASSIFICATION WILL MOVE UP FROM $20 TO $22 PER MINUTE.
POLICY
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID IT WAS GOVERNMENT'S THAT FEES SHOULD IN GENERAL BE SET AT LEVELS TO RECOVER THE FULL COSTS OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
THE FEES HAVE
BEEN
INCREASED BY ABOUT 10 PER CENT, THE
SPOKESMAN ADDED.
HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE TO MOVE IN AUGUST
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE SITUATED AT 2 MURRAY ROAD WILL BE MOVING TO ITS NEW ACCOMMODATION SOON.
MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CUSTOMER LIAISON GROUPS (CLG) WERE TOLD OF THE NEWS AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW OFFICE WOULD BE SITUATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF UNITED CENTRE IN QUEENSWAY.
FITTING-OUT WAS NEAR COMPLETION AND THE LICENSING OFFICE WAS SCHEDULED TO MOVE INTO THE NEW PREMISES AT THE END OF AUGUST.
OFFICES THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW PREMISES ARE:
* THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE,
* THE PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION,
* THE HONG KONG REGION DRIVING TEST APPOINTMENT OFFICE,
* THE DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS OFFICE, AND
* THE DRIVING-LICENCE RECORDS OFFICE.
/THE NEW
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