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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 1986

THE PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, AT A CEREMONY IN THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 3 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28.

WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY LETTER OF THE RESULTS.

LICENSING OFFICES TO ADOPT QUOTA SYSTEM ****

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE A QUOTA SYSTEM AT ITS FOUR LICENSING OFFICES ON BUSY DAYS TO COPE WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH MONTH.

+UNDER THE SYSTEM, LICENCE AND PERMIT APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT DISC ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS IN THE LICENSING OFFICES BEFORE THE APPLICATION IS PROCESSED,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SYSTEM, WHICH TRIED OUT LAST YEAR, HAD PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING WAITING TIME AT BUSY PERIODS AND ENCOURAGING APPLICANTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE LESS BUSY DAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS THAT DRIVING AND VEHICLE LICENCE APPLICATIONS MAY ALSO BE MADE BY REGISTERED POST ENCLOSING THE RELEVANT FORMS, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATE FEES, TO P.0. BOX 69511, KWUN TONG POST OFFICE.

HE ADDED THAT VEHICLE AND DRIVING LICENCES COULD BE RENEWED AT ANY TIME DURING THE FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE LICENCE EXPIRED.

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VILLAGE HOUSE TO BE CONVERTED INTO FOLK MUSEUM

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WORK TO CONVERT A FAMOUS 200-YEAR-OLD VILLAGE HOUSE IN SAI LAU KOK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, INTO A FOLK MUSEUM WILL START AFTER CHINESE NEW YEAR.

THE VILLAGE HOUSE, KNOWN AS SAM TUNG UK, HAS BEEN PRESERVED AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK IN THE NEW TOWN AND WAS DECLARED A MONUMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1981.

/THE MUSEUM,