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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1975.

MOTORISTS URGED TO REPLACE DRIVING LICENCES

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ADVISED KOTORISTS, WHO HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, TO MAKE PROMPT USE OF THE CURRENT SPECÍAL CONVERSION PROGRAMME TO HAVE THEIR BOOKLET DRIVING LICENCES REPLACED DY THE MORE HANDY LAMINATED CARD TYPE.

UNDER THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME VIICH STARTED LAST DECEMBER TO SPEED UP THE CONVERSION PROCESS, NOTIFICATIONS WITH RETURN SLIPS ARE SENT TO LICENCE-HOLDERS IN DATCHES AT INTERVALS, OFFERING THEM TIE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT THEIR DRIVING LICENCES DÉFORE THEY ARE DUE FOR RENEWAL.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN URGED MOTORISTS WHO HAD RECEIVED SUCH NOTIFICATIONS TO TAKE UP THE OPPORTUNITY DY SENDING BACK AS SOON AS POOGLELE THE RETURN SLIP TOGETHER WITH THEIR BOOKLET LIGENCE, TWO 1-1/4" X 1oo PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD,

HE SAID SOME MOTORISTS, TO WHOM THE NOTIFICATIONS HAD DEEN SENT, HAD NOT YET SENT BACK THE RETURN SLIP TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

HE REMINDED THEM THAT THE SPECIAL CONVERSION PROGRAMME WAS SCHEDULED TO END IN AUGUST AFTER WHICH LAMINATED LICENCES WOULD ES ISSUED ONLY ON RENEWAL, INITIAL ISSUE OF LICENCES, OR ON CHANGE OF PARTICULANS,

LIGENCE-HOLDERS WHO HAVE AT PRESENT NOT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION WILL RECEIVE ONE AS THE PROGRAMME PROGRESSES, EXCEPT THOSE WHOSE LICENCES ARE DUE FOR RENEWAL WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, THESE LICENCE HOLDERS WILL DE ISSUED WITH LAMINATED LICENCES ON RENEWAL, AS THE NEW TYPE OF LIGENCES WILL BE ISSUED IN THIS CASE AS A MATTER OF COURSE,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RETURN SLIPS COULD EITHEN BE SENT OR POSTED BACK FREE OF CHARGE. AFTER PROCESSING, THE DEPARTMENT WILL RETURN BY RECORDED POSTAL DELIVERY, THE NEW LAMINATED LIGENCE, THE INVALIDATED OLD BOOKLET LICENCE AND THE IDENTITY CARD,

HE STRESSED THAT ONLY IN THOSE CASES WHERE A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED WOULD A PASSPORT OR SOME OTHER ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS DE CONSIDERED AS A SUBSTITUTE.

PHOTOGRAPHS MEASURING 1-1/5°° X 1°°

IF NOT READILY AVAILABLE

ELSEWHERE, CAN BE ODTAINED FROM THE PHOTO-VENDING MACHINES INSTALLED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES AT THE MURRAY ROAD KULTI-STOREY CARPARK DUILDING IN CENTRAL ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND AT PUI CHING ROAD, HO MAN TIN, IN KOWLOON.

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