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A Transport Department spokesman said those eligible car owners, if interested in the scheme, should scrap their old cars, deregister them and apply for a FRT concession entitlement certificate.
The entitlement can only be valid for six months from the date the old car was scrapped.
Enquiries for the scheme can be made to Hong Kong Licensing Office on 2804 2637 or by fax to 2804 2599.
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HK/China co-organise first engineering standards seminar
Hong Kong and China are to co-organise for the first time a two-day Engineering and Construction Standards Exchange Seminar in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday (April 14 and 15) to strengthen the communication between the engineering and construction industries in the Mainland and the territory.
A delegation comprising 73 experts, engineers and other professionals of relating fields, led by the Secretary for Works, Mr Kwong Hon-sang, left Hong Kong today (Saturday). They will be joined by a similar number of experts from the Mainland who will participate in the seminar.
Co-organising the event in China are the Department of Standards and Norms, Ministry of Construction; the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardisation and from the territory the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
Besides the professionals from the private construction, engineering and architectural firms, forming part of the Hong Kong delegation are representatives from the Works Branch, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Buildings, Architectural Services, Civil Engineering, Drainage Services, Highways, Planning, Water Supplies and Housing Departments.
Before departure, Mr Kwong said the seminar would provide an opportunity for the people in the related trades in the two places to exchange views and experience and enhance the understanding on the formulation and implementation of engineering and construction standards.