XN000022-1983-07-29 — Page 6

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1983

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SOME SUNDAY TRAMS TO START HOUR LATER

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TRAM SERVICES BETWEEN TIN LOK LANE AND KENNEDY TOWN WILL START ABOUT AN HOUR LATER ON SUNDAY (JULY 31).

DEPARTURE TIMES FOR THE FIRST TRAMS FROM THE VARIOUS TERMINI WILL BE AS FOLLOWS -

EASTBOUND

WESTBOUND

FROM

HAPPY VALLEY SHAU KEI WAN NORTH POINT

TO

KENNEDY TOWN

WESTERN MARKET WHITTY STREET

DEPARTURE TIME

7 AM 6.30 AM 6.50 AM

FROM

TO

KENNEDY TOWN WHITTY STREET WESTERN MARKET

HAPPY VALLEY NORTH POINT SHAU KEI WAN

DEPARTURE TIME

7.35 AM

7.30 AM

7.25 AM

TRAM SERVICES BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND HAPPY VALLEY WILL BEGIN AS USUAL AT ABOUT 6.30 AM, AND WILL BE AUGMENTED TO PROVIDE A FOUR-MINUTE FREQUENCY DURING THE FIRST HOUR OF ITS OPERATION.

PAWNBROK ING LAWS TO BE UPDATED

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THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF PAWNBROKING WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE AND IMPROVED UNDER A PAWNBROKERS BILL 1983 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY, WHICH IS INTENDED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.

THE MAIN BODY OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION DATES FROM 1930 AND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE HAVE MAINLY BEEN LIMITED TO INCREASING THE LOAN LIMIT.

UNDER THE BILL, APPLICATIONS FOR A PAWNBROKERS LICENCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED FOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WHO WILL ADDITIONALLY BE EMPOWERED TO CANCEL A LICENCE.

THE PENALTY FOR BREACH OF A LICENCE CONDITION, LAST SET IN 1950, HAS BEEN REVISED FROM A FINE OF $500 TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

/THE BILL