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Thursday, January 17, 1974

HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE MOVES TO NEW PREMISES

The Licensing Office of the Transport Department on Hong Kong

Island is to move at the weekend from its outdated accommodation at

Rumsey Street Reclamation to new premises in the Murray Road multi-storey

car park building.

To facilitate the move, the Hong Kong Licensing Office will be

closed on Saturday (January 19) and, from the following Monday (January

21) all business previously transacted at Rumsey Street will be carried

out at No. 2, Murray ver

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A spokesman for the Transport Department said today that as from

next Monday the Hong Kong Licensing Office and the Driving Test Office

for Hong Kong will be located on the ground floor of 2, Murray Road. The

Licence Records Office and the Pub ic Vehicles Section will be on the

mezzanine floor.

The new telephone number for these offices will be through the

main Transport Department line 5-260121.

The not accommodation should eliminate many of the inconveniences

experienced at the old premises. The amount of counter space serving the

various sections has been increased considerably and this should overcome

any problems associated with the cramped conditions at Rumsey Street.

In fact, the spokesman said, the public in Kowloon is encouraged to

use, as far as possible, the larger Hong Kong Licensing Office for the

renewal of driving and vehicle licences and the transfer of ownership of

private vehicles.

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