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Friday, February 16, 1973

NEW REGULATIONS ON DRIVING TESTS

The Governor in Council has made new regulations enabling the

Commissioner for Transport to cancel a driving test form and refund the

application fee to a candidate.

The regulations, known as the Road Traffic (Driving Licences)

(Amendment) Regulations 1973, are published in today's Government Gazette.

The regulations provide the Commissioner with such powers if he

is satisfied that the candidate has been unable to attend for the test

because it has been cancelled at short notice by the Commissioner or

because of other circumstances beyond his control.

The regulations also provide the Commissioner with authority to

cancel a test form if he considers that it would be contrary to the public

interest to issue to the applicant the class of driving licence applied

for and that the applicant is ineligible to obtain, or is disqualified from

obtaining, a licence.

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WATER INTERRUPTION

Water supply to certain areas in Central will be interrupted

for eight hours from 10 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday).

This is to allow a fresh water connection to be made in Connaught

Road Central at the junction of Man Wan Lane and Cleverly Street.

Premises affected are: Nos. 92-121, Connaught Road Central,

Nos. 197-247, Des Voeux Road Central, the Shun Tak Shipping Co., Ltd., the

Hong Kong Macau Hydrafoil Co., Ltd., the Far East Hydrofoil Co., and the

Immigration Department.

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