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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1975

RECORD NUMBER OF CASES HANDLED BY PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES

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A NEW RECORD OF 1,616,729 ENQUIRIES AND CASES WERE HANDLED BY THE 23 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 124,578 AGAINST THE 1973 FIGURE OF 1,492,151, ACCORDING TO THE 1974 STATÍSTICAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, MOST OF THE ENQUIRIES WERE CONNECTED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (110,547 CASES), THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT (93,669 CASES), THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT (75,600 CASES) AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT (61,181 CASES).

THE DEMAND FOR APPLICATION FORMS AND PAMPHLETS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD ALSO INCREASED FROM 577,528 IN 1973 TO 670,100 IN 1974.

THE REPORT NOTED THAT MOST OF THE APPLICATION FORMS WERE FOR GOVERNMENT VACANCIES, GOVERNMENT HOUSING ESTATES, RENT

INCREASES, APPLICATION AND ENTRY FORMS OF THE TWO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. LEAFLETS AND BOOKLETS CONCERNING PROCEDURES AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WERE ALSO VERY POPULAR.

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC, THREE MORE ENQUIRY CENTRES WERE RECENTLY SET UP AT NGAU TAU KOK, YAU TONG AND HOMANTIN AT THE SAME TIME, NEARLY ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE THROUGHOUT LUNCH HOURS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO VISIT THE CENTRES DURING OFFICE HOURS.

WATER CUT X X X

A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WONG TAI FOR FIVE HOURS AS FROM 1 AM ON FRIDAY STAFF WILL BE CARRYING OUT A TEST FOR

SIN WILL BE WITHOUT WATER (MARCH 7) WHEN WATERWORKCS LEAKAGE IN THE AREA.

AFFECTED WILL DE PREMISES BOUNDED BY TAI SHING STREET, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, SHEUNG TAK STREET, SHA TIN PASS ROAD AND CHOI HUNG ROAD, INCLUDING LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE BLOCKS 1 TO 2, 20 TO 25, AND KAI MING LAU.

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