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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1994
OF CHARGE PRESCRIBED APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION, HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, THIRD FLOOR, UNITED CENTRE, 95 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
DEPARTMENT
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
SAID! "APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE ON PRESCRIBED FORMS AND NO FEE IS REQUIRED FOR. THIS APPLICATION."
POST
AW
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED EITHER IN PERSON, OR BY ΤΟ THE TRANSPORT
41ST DEPARTMENT,
FLOOR, IMMIGRATION TOWER, GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
THE DEADLINE WILL BE 5.15 PM ON DECEMBER 9 (FRIDAY).
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"LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, HE SAID.
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAWS OF HONG KONG AND CHINA, THE SELECTED WITH THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FORM A JOINT-VENTURE COMPANY BUS OPERATOR TO BE APPROVED SEPARATELY BY THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS UPON
WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
SELECTED HOWEVER, SHOULD THE
RECEIVING
"THE JOINT-VENTURE COMPANY SHALL BE REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AND APPLY FOR A PASSENGER SERVICE LICENCE TO START THE SERVICE," HE SAID.
APPLICANT FAIL TO FORM A MONTHS WITH JOINT-VENTURE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE WITHIN FOUR
THE HONG THE BUS OPERATOR TO BE APPROVED BY THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES, KONG GOVERNMENT MAY AT ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION REJECT THE APPLICATION, AND EITHER RETENDER OR INVITE ANOTHER APPLICANT IN THE CURRENT EXERCISE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"IN SUCH CASE,NO COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAYABLE TO THE APPLICANT," HE ADDED.
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INCREASE IN PARKING METER CHARGES
REJECTED
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE MAXIMUM CHARGE FOR THE PARKING METERS IN CAUSEWAY BAY, WAN, CHAL AND YAU MA TEĻ WILL PER 15 MINUTES WITH EFFECT FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 21).
USE OF
BE $2.
THE EXISTING MAXIMUM FEE OF $2 PER 30 MINUTES WAS SET IN 1987. SINCE THEN, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) HAS RISEN BY 99 PER CENT AND PARKING CHARGES IN GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY, CAR PARKS HAVE INCREASED BY OVER 100 PER CENT.
DESPITE THE INCREASE, PARKING METER CHARGES ARE STILL SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN CHARGES IN OFF-STREET CAR PARKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ABOUT 13,000 PARKING METERS ARE PROVIDED
TERRITORY.
ΤΟ
THROUGHOUT THE
AS
REVEALED BY RECENT PARKING METER UTILISATION AVAILABILITY RATES FOR METERED SPACES ARE CLOSE DISTRICTS SUCH AS CAUSEWAY BAY, YAU TSIM, WESTERN.
MONG
ROK,
SURVEYS, THE ZERO IN BUSY
CENTRAL AND
/THERE IS