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Logo scheme for tourist guesthouses to be introduced
The Home Affairs Department will introduce a logo scheme for all licensed tourist guesthouses from September 1, a spokesman for the department said today (Saturday).
The spokesman said the scheme was aimed at enabling tourists to identify bona fide tourist guesthouses which are licensed by the department's Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA).
The logo will be issued free of charge to operators of licensed tourist guesthouses when they collect their licences.
"Tourists will be able to tell from the logo whether the guesthouse in which they plan to stay has complied with the necessary building and fire safety requirements," said the spokesman.
He added that the logo was not transferable and must be surrendered on cancellation of the licence.
At present, there are a total of 373 licensed tourist guesthouses throughout the territory.
Under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance, anyone who operates a guesthouse without a licence is liable to a fine of $200,000 and two years' imprisonment.
End/Saturday, August 19, 1995
Advanced computer system for registration of persons
The Immigration Department today (Saturday) announced the implementation of a more advanced computer system on August 29 to replace the existing Identity Card Information System. It is another new computer application to come on stream under the department's Information Systems Strategy.
"The format of Hong Kong identity cards will remain as at present under the new computer system. However, the manually prepared form issued to acknowledge an application for Hong Kong identity card will be replaced by a new style document. "This new document will be computer-printed bearing the holder's photograph and data," a spokesman for the Immigration Department said,